Jones v. Hodge

The defendant, driving bis .pickup truck south on Strickland Road in Wake County, at ’about nine o’clock in the morning of November 5, 1957, overtook plaintiff’s intestate, Wiley Jones, walking .south along the highway. The defendant recognized Jones, stopped his truck, .and invited him to ride. Jones accepted the invitation, climbed .into the body ¡of the truck which contained 700 to 800 pounds of cotton tied in sheets. The defendant’s wife and three small children were riding in the caJb. When Jones got in the back of the truck, be said, “Go ahead.” The defendant knew Jones wanted to ■stop…