Legal Opinion

Porter v. . Niven

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 29, 1942PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDeNNY, J.

We do not think the evidence, when considered in the light most favorable to plaintiff, is sufficient to justify the submission of the question of defendant’s negligence to the jury. However, if the defend ant was negligent in the location of its churn, so as to cause it to occupy a portion of the passageway, the plaintiff offers no explanation for his not having seen the churn. ITis own evidence discloses that it was about 30 inches high and a foot and a half or two feet in diameter, and that he didn’t dodge the churn because he didn’t see it, and yet he testified “There was plenty of light…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Harrison v. North Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  2. Monroe v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
  3. Leavister v. Jesse French & Son Piano Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
  4. Hunt v. . Meyers Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1931
  5. Monroe v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1909

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Pike v. . SeymourSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
  2. Blake v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  3. Grady v. JC PENNEY COMPANYSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1963
  4. Watkins v. Continental Can Co.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1963
  5. Blake v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1953

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