Oates v. . Herrin

In Sasser v. Lumber Co., 165 N. C., 242, the jury in response to the first three issues found that the plaintiff bad been injured by the negligence of the defendant; that the plaintiff by bis own negligence bad contributed to bis injury, and that be bad not assumed the risk of being injured; and in response to the fourth issue the jury assessed the plaintiff’s damages at fifteen hundred dollars. Tbe plaintiff entered a motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that the answers to the several issues were inconsistent and contradictory. Tbe motion was denied, and in affirming a judgment for…