Shipp Ex Rel. Shipp v. United Stage Lines, Inc.

PLAINTIFF'S APPEAL

Stacy, C. J.

Tbe plaintiff appeals only from tbe verdict on tbe second issue and that part of tbe judgment wbicb exculpates tbe defendant, Safety Coacb Lines, Inc., from liability.

It appears tbat on 24 November, 1924, about 5 o’clock in tbe afternoon, tbe plaintiff, a boy 14 years of age, was standing on tbe side of tbe Ealeigb-Durbam bigbway, in front of bis father’s borne near Nelson, wben be was injured by a bus of tbe United Stage Lines, Inc., as it backed off tbe bigbway in order to avoid a collision witb a bus owned and operated by tbe Safety Coach Lines, Inc., or was…