Legal Opinion
Britt v. Mangum
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 31, 1964No. 594Published
1Opinion of the Court
134 S.E.2d 235 (1964)
261 N.C. 250
Lawrence BRITT
v.
Laurin Patterson MANGUM, Jr., and Jaqueline Mangum.
No. 594.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
January 31, 1964.
David M. & W. Earl Britt Fairmont, John W. Campbell, Lumberton, for plaintiff.
Tally, Tally, Taylor & Henley, Fayetteville, for defendants.
DENNY, Chief Justice.
This case involves the application of what is known as the rescue doctrine.
Our cases involving the doctrine seem to differ factually from the present one. In Norris v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R., 152 N.C. 505, 67 S.E. 1017, 27 L.R.A.,N.S., 1069; Alford v. Washington, 238 N.C. 694, 78…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Wagner v. International Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Ehrgott v. . Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Eckert v. . the Long Island Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Payne v. Georgetown Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
- Lynch v. FisherLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1947
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