Taylor v. . Rierson

DEFENDANT RiERSON’s APPEAL.

Schenck, J.

Assignments of Error Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are directed to the refusal of the court to allow motions for judgment as of nonsuit and for peremptory instruction for the defendant upon the first issue. To sustain these motions the appellant relies principally upon what is said in Springs v. Doll, 197 N. C., 240, where the following language from Huddy on Automobiles is quoted with approval: “The mere fact of the skidding of a car is not of itself such evidence of negligence as to render the owner liable for an injury in consequence thereof.” In the same opinion…