NEWSOME v. SURRATT

No. 105.

74 S.E.2d 732 (1953)

237 N.C. 297

NEWSOME v. SURRATT et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 4, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carr & Gibbons, Wilson, Goodman & Goodman and Peter L. Long, Charlotte, for defendants Transit Co. and Porter, appellants.

Lucas & Rand and Z. Hardy Rose, Wilson, for defendant Motor Lines, appellee.

Gardner, Connor & Lee, Wilson, for plaintiff, appellee.


DENNY, Justice.

The determinative question raised by this appeal is simply this: Did the court below commit error by the entry of a judgment in favor of the Motor Lines over against its co-defendants, the Transit Company and Porter, in the sum of $6,000 and the costs of the action? The answer must be in the negative.

It is a well settled rule of law that there can be no indemnity among mere joint tort-feasors. But this rule does not apply to a party...

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