DERBY v. OWENS

No. 28.

96 S.E.2d 851 (1957)

245 N.C. 591

Henry Lee DERBY v. W. W. OWENS, Individually, and t/a W. W. Owens & Son, and Paul Jeffers.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 27, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Hall, Elizabeth City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Wilson & Wilson, by J. Kenyon Wilson, Elizabeth City, for defendants-appellees.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff's assignments of error relate to the charge. Particularly, he contends that even in the absence of a request the judge committed reversible error in failing to instruct the jury that the plaintiff had a life expectancy of 15.27 years according to the mortuary table, G.S. § 8-46, which he had introduced in evidence. Although the charge did not contain a direct reference to the plaintiff's life expectancy, the court did instruct the jury...

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