White v. Dickerson, Inc.

Defendant assigns as errors the denial of its motions for judgment of nonsuit made at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, and renewed at the close of all the evidence.

*725On 16 December 1956, and prior thereto, defendant was engaged, under contract with the State Highway and Public Works Commission, in the construction of a bridge over a canal on State Highway #99 at a point in Washington County about one mile northwest of the Beaufort County line. This is a hard-surfaced highway running between the towns of Pantego and Plymouth. On 16 December 1956 defendant had removed the old bridge on the…