Norfleet v. . Hall

STACY, C. J., and BROGDEN, J., dissenting This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff, when the automobile in which she was riding as the invited guest of the defendant, and which he was driving on a State highway in Gaston County, suddenly skidded, ran off the highway, and turned over.

It is alleged in the complaint that "on the night of 1 August, 1931, plaintiff was riding with the defendant in his automobile near the town of Belmont, N.C. on a paved highway leading from said town to Gastonia, N.C. and beyond; that it was a dark and rainy night, and…