Basnight v. Wilson

Plaintiff’s testimony is the only evidence as to what occurred prior to and at the time of his injury. It tends to show these facts:

Defendants Wilson, mother and son, owned a 1955 Ford. Pearl Wilson, in the presence of Edward Wilson, asked plaintiff to go “with them” to New York. Defendant Dozier was to drive the Wilson car to New York. Plaintiff was to drive it back.

On the night of 20 January, 1956, en route to New York, Dozier was driving the Wilson car in Currituck County, proceeding north on N. C. Highway #34. Seven persons were riding in the Wilson car, the plaintiff, the three…