Shockley v. Cox Circus Co., Inc.

Mr. Associate Justice Stukes

delivered-the unanimous opinion of the Court:

Plaintiff, a young married woman twenty-two years of age, whose husband was away in the service of the United States Navy, was employed in October, 1942, as a waitress in appellant’s lunch room on the outskirts of the City of Greenville. After midnight of October 30th, plaintiff accompanied appellant in his sedan automobile to take some colored employees to their homes across the city, after which appellant was taking plaintiff to her home which was just off the Asheville highway (our State No. 25), known locally as the…