Hipp v. Dupont
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Harding, J., at April Term, 1921, of MeckleNBURG. Tbe plaintiff, wbo is the wife of ~W. B. Hipp, brings this action alleging that her husband, while working as an employee of the defendant company in Hopewell, Virginia, was “seriously, painfully and permanently injured as a proximate result of the carelessness and negligence of the defendants,” setting out the manner in which he was injured and the extent of such injuries and the expense, and that under the law…
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Appeal from Harding, J., at April Term, 1921, of MeckleNBURG. Tbe plaintiff, wbo is the wife of ~W. B. Hipp, brings this action alleging that her husband, while working as an employee of the defendant company in Hopewell, Virginia, was “seriously, painfully and permanently injured as a proximate result of the carelessness and negligence of the defendants,” setting out the manner in which he was injured and the extent of such injuries and the expense, and that under the law of Virginia, which is set out, the plaintiff was entitled as a married woman to sue and be sued as if she were unmarried,…
1Opinion of the CourtClaek, C. J.
The demurrer admits all facts sufficiently pleaded, and therefore we must take it that the plaintiff’s husband was “seriously, painfully and permanently injured as the proximate result of the carelessness and negligence of the defendants,” and that by reason thereof the plaintiff has suffered shock which has impaired her nervous system, impaired and permanently injured and weakened her physical and *11mental condition, and tbat she has suffered greatly from loss of sleep, worry and anxiety on account of the condition of her husband in watching over and earing for him, causing her to devote her…
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