BARNES v. CAULBOURNE

No. 242.

83 S.E.2d 898 (1954)

240 N.C. 721

James Mallie BARNES, Administrator of the Estate of James Arnold Barnes, deceased, v. Nelson E. CAULBOURNE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 13, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wellons & Wellons, Hooks & Britt, Smithfield, for plaintiff-appellant.

Shepard & Wood, Smithfield, for defendant-appellee.


BOBBITT, Justice.

It is noteworthy that the evidence upon which plaintiff relied tends to show a factual account of the tragic accident materially at variance with the allegations of the complaint; but, on plaintiff's appeal from an adverse jury verdict, we need not consider whether judgment as of nonsuit should have been entered on the ground of variance between allegation and proof. A plaintiff must make out his case secundum allegata. Whichard v. Lipe, 221...

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