ADCOX v. AUSTIN

No. 593.

70 S.E.2d 837 (1952)

235 N.C. 591

ADCOX v. AUSTIN. McINTYRE et al. v. AUSTIN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 21, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Mason, Laurinburg, and Smathers & Carpenter, Charlotte, for plaintiff appellees.

McKinnon & McKinnon, Lumberton, Banks D. Thomas, Wadesboro, and Varser, McIntyre & Henry, Lumberton, for defendant appellant.


VALENTINE, Justice.

This record reveals one of life's dark tragedies, in which the defendant's mother and friend were killed, her small son badly hurt and the defendant herself severely, painfully and permanently injured. The personal narrative of these events by the defendant must have made a tremendous emotional appeal to the presiding judge and the jury. However, these, as all other matters involved in litigation, must be stripped of all pathos and pity and decided...

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