Dempster v. . Fite

This was an action for actionable negligence, brought by plaintiff against defendant alleging damage. Plaintiff was a telephone operator in the employ of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, and worked until 9 o'clock the night of her injury — 25 July, 1931. After working hours, she and a lady friend went to Gastonia, N.C. with two young men, over the Wilkinson Boulevard. On the return trip she was riding in the rear seat of the automobile. Plaintiff testified, in part: "Our car was struck in the rear and was torn completely up. It knocked it a long distance down the highway.…