Cox v. Hennis Freight Lines

72 S.E.2d 25 (1952)

236 N.C. 72

COX

v.

HENNIS FREIGHT LINES, Inc.

MATTHEWS

v.

HENNIS FREIGHT LINES, Inc.

No. 240.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 22, 1952.

J. T. Reece, Yadkinville, Wm. M. Allen, and Hoke F. Henderson, Elkin, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Folger & Folger, Mount Airy, for defendant, appellant.

ERVIN, Justice.

The court can not submit a case to the jury on a particular theory unless such theory is supported by both the pleadings and the evidence. Hooper v. Glenn, 230 N.C. 571, 53 S.E.2d 843; Ewing v. Kates, 196 N.C. 354, 145 S.E. 673; Pittman v. Tobacco Growers' Association, 187 N.C.…