HARWARD v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 453.

68 S.E.2d 855 (1952)

235 N.C. 88

HARWARD v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP. et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 1, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bunn & Arendell, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Burgess, Baker & Duncan, Raleigh, and Helms & Mulliss, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee General Motors Corp.

Broughton, Teague & Johnson, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee Sir Walter Chevrolet Co.


VALENTINE, Justice.

The sole question presented upon this appeal is the validity of the judgment of nonsuit. Plaintiff's case turns upon his own testimony and that of a mechanic If the evidence of these two makes out a case of actionable negligence and proximate cause against either or both defendants, the plaintiff is entitled to a new trial; otherwise, the judgment of nonsuit must be sustained.

The term negligence as used in the law of torts lends itself...

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