Wood Ex Rel. Wood v. Brown

HEDRICK, Judge.

This case was first tried at the May 1972 Session of Superior Court held in Randolph County. Issues of negligence and contributory negligence at the first trial were submitted to and answered by the jury in the affirmative. From a judgment entered on the verdict dismissing his action, the plaintiff, represented then as now by Ottway Burton, appealed. The decision of this court finding error in the charge and ordering a new trial, filed 27 December 1973, is reported at 20 N.C. App. 307, 201 S.E. 2d 225 (1973),

When this case came on for trial again at the 29 July 1974 Session of…