Guthrie v. . Gocking

Tbe appeal presents tbe question whether a cause of action for negligence on tbe part of tbe defendants, proximately resulting in plaintiff’s injury, has been sufficiently stated in tbe complaint.

Tbe complaint alleges tbat tbe plaintiff, on tbe occasion referred to, was driving an automobile on tbe highway between Albemarle and Troy, North Carolina, traveling in an easterly direction, and tbat bis automobile was in tbe rear and view of defendants’ automobile which was proceeding in tbe same direction; tbat tbe automobile of defendant Gocking was being driven by tbe defendant Thompson, tbe…