Yates v. Thomasville Chair Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtScheNck, J.
The appellant assigns as error the refusal of the court to grant its motion for judgment as of nonsuit lodged and renewed when the plaintiff bad rested her case and at the close of all of the evidence. C. S., 567. These assignments of error cannot be sustained. There is evidence tending to show that the defendant’s truck was being operated at a greater rate of speed than was allowed by law, and that the brakes thereon were inadequate and not sufficient to control it when in use. It was therefore proper to submit the questions to the jury as to whether the defendant was negligent and as to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Summerlin v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Newman Ex Rel. Newman v. Queen City Coach Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1933
- Winborne Ex Rel. Fentress v. LloydSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1936
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- Spivey v. NewmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1950
- State v. SmoakSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
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