RIDDLE v. ARTIS

No. 161.

91 S.E.2d 894 (1956)

243 N.C. 668

Eugene RIDDLE v. Percy James ARTIS, Harry Lee Morris, Jr., Mrs. Harry Lee Morris and Raymond McMillan.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allsbrook & Benton, Roanoke Rapids, for plaintiff, appellant.

Kelly Jenkins, Roanoke Rapids, and Eric Norfleet, Jackson, for defendants Mrs. Harry Lee Morris and Harry Lee Morris, Jr.


JOHNSON, Justice.

Does it affirmatively appear upon the face of the complaint, as contended by the defendants Morris, that the negligence alleged against them by the plaintiff was superseded and completely insulated by the intervening negligence of the defendant Artis? We think not. This works a reversal of the judgment below.

It is elemental that there may be two or more proximate causes of an injury. These may originate from separate and distinct sources...

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