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JENKINS v. CITY COACH CO.

No. 532.

56 S.E.2d 571 (1949)

231 N.C. 208

JENKINS v. CITY COACH CO.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 30, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Wilkins and S. B. Dolley, Gastonia, for plaintiff, appellant.

W. M. Nicholson and Porter B. Byrum, Charlotte, for defendant, appellee.

ERVIN, Justice.

A motor vehicle carrier for compensation is not absolutely liable to its passengers for personal injuries sustained by them in the course of their transportation. But it does owe to its passengers the duty of exercising the highest degree of care for their safety compatible with the practical operation of its motor vehicles, and is legally accountable to them for personal injuries proximately caused by its...

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