Legal Opinion

Groome v. . Davis

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 3, 1939PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSeawell, J.

In this case we find two automobilists approaching a common intersection on different highways simultaneously, each traveling at a speed prima facie negligent and colliding within the intersection. The issue is not between them, but between the defendant Davis and the plaintiff Groome, a guest in his car. Lovie, the other driver, is not sued. Questions of right of way, however, are raised as affecting the exercise of due care on the part of the defendant, and as bearing on the question of proximate cause of plaintiff’s injury, sustained in the collision.

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Harton v. . Telephone Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  2. Morris v. BloomgreenOhio Supreme Court · 1933
  3. Carlson v. MeusbergerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1925
  4. Adams v. GardinerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
  5. Hinnant v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1932

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Cox v. Hennis Freight LinesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952
  2. Spivey v. NewmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1950
  3. Anderson v. SchreinerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1958
  4. Samuels v. BowersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1950
  5. Bell v. MaxwellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957

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