DAVIS v. LAWRENCE

No. 742.

87 S.E.2d 915 (1955)

242 N.C. 496

Elijah DAVIS and Ester Davis v. Louis LAWRENCE and Leonard Lawrence.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 30, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards, Sanders & Everett, Durham, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Blackwell M. Brogden, Durham, for defendants, appellees.


BOBBITT, Justice.

As far as the record discloses, plaintiffs' witnesses did not see the Lawrence car before the collision. Evidence adduced to establish plaintiffs' allegations of negligence is circumstantial. Etheridge v. Etheridge, 222 N.C. 616, 24 S.E.2d 477. The sufficiency of such circumstantial evidence, if standing alone, need not be decided; for this testimony is to be considered in the light of Louis Lawrence's admissions at the scene when the cause of the...

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