RIGGS v. AKERS MOTOR LINES

No. 752.

63 S.E.2d 197 (1951)

233 N.C. 160

RIGGS v. AKERS MOTOR LINES, Inc., et al. BREEZE v. AKERS MOTOR LINES, Inc., et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 2, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards & Sanders, Durham, and Cooper, Sanders & Holt, Burlington, for defendant-appellants.

Bonner D. Sawyer, Hillsboro, and Allen & Allen, Burlington, for plaintiff-appellees.


BARNHILL, Justice.

The evidence, considered in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs, tends to establish the following facts: the McBane filling station and store is located about one mile east of Mebane on the north side of Highway 70 and about 85 feet back from the center of the highway; about 3:00 p. m. on the afternoon of January 22, 1949 the defendant Chase was operating a loaded tractor-trailer, going west on Highway 70 between Efland and Mebane; shortly...

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