Bilyeu v. . Beck
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Shaw, J., at tbe May Term, 1919, of Mooee. Tbis is an action to recover damages for personal injury, alleged to bave been caused by tbe negligence of tbe defendant. ■ Tbe plaintiff was riding a bicycle along a .public road on 23 March, and was injured by being run over by an automobile, driven by tbe daughter of tbe defendant, who was over twenty-one years of age, and an experienced driver.
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Appeal by plaintiff from Shaw, J., at tbe May Term, 1919, of Mooee. Tbis is an action to recover damages for personal injury, alleged to bave been caused by tbe negligence of tbe defendant. ■ Tbe plaintiff was riding a bicycle along a .public road on 23 March, and was injured by being run over by an automobile, driven by tbe daughter of tbe defendant, who was over twenty-one years of age, and an experienced driver. Tbe plaintiff examined tbe defendant before tbe trial under section 864, et seq.; of tbe Revisal, and tbis examination was introduced in evidence on tbe trial to prove that tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtAllew, J.
Tbe evidence of tbe negligence of tbe daughter, who was driving tbe automobile, is not satisfactory, but’ conceding that it was sufficient to be submitted to tbe jury, and also that there is evidence that tbe defendant was tbe owner of tbe automobile, these facts alone would not establish tbe liability of tbe defendant for tbe injuries which tbe plaintiff has sustained.
Tbis was expressly decided in Linville v. Nissen, 162 N. C., 99, where it is said, “Tbe owner of an automobile is not liable for personal injuries caused by it merely because of bis ownership”; and, again, “Even if tbe son bad…
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