BELL v. LACEY

No. 97.

104 S.E.2d 833 (1958)

248 N.C. 703

Richard Charles BELL v. Miss Lucy LACEY, Larry Cecil Christopher and Vincent Walter Christopher.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams & Williams, Asheville, for appellants.

Harkins, Van Winkle, Walton & Buck, Asheville, for appellee.


DENNY, Justice.

This appeal presents for determination this question: May one or more of the original defendants in a tort action, growing out of an automobile collision, maintain a cross-action against an original codefendant for damages arising out of the same collision? According to the decisions of this Court the answer must be in the negative.

At common law, no right of contribution existed between or among...

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