HAWES v. ATLANTIC REFINING CO.

No. 597.

74 S.E.2d 17 (1953)

236 N.C. 643

HAWES v. ATLANTIC REFINING CO. et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 6, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Poisson, Campbell & Marshall, and Elbert A. Brown, Wilmington, for plaintiff appellee.

James & James, Wilmington, for defendants appellants.


WINBORNE, Justice.

Appellants present for decision on this appeal two questions: (1) Did the trial court err: (1) In overruling defendants' motions aptly made for judgments as of nonsuit under G.S. § 1-183? (2) In charging the jury in the respects covered by exceptions thereto?

As to the first question: Appellants, the defendants, contend, in their brief, that nonsuit should have been allowed for that plaintiff was not only negligent, but that his negligence...

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