Beaman v. . Duncan

The defendant assigns as error the refusal of his Honor to allow her motion for judgment as of nonsuit on the ground that the evidence shows conclusively that the negligence of Henry Beaman was the sole proximate cause of the collision.

The defendant seriously contends that her motion for judgment of nonsuit dismissing the two actions should have been sustained under the authority of Spease v. Butner, 217 N. C., 82, 6 S. E. (2d), 808. In that case Spease and Butner were traveling at night in opposite directions. The collision occurred when Spease turned his truck left and cut in front of the…