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ETHERIDGE v. CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

No. 593.

106 S.E.2d 560 (1959)

249 N.C. 367

Doris ETHERIDGE, Administratrix of the Estate of Charlie Horace Bordeaux, v. CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY (Defendant) and Swift & Company (Additional Defendant).

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 14, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James & James, Wilmington, for plaintiff appellee.

Proctor & Proctor, Whiteville, and A. Y. Arledge, Raleigh, for defendant appellant, Carolina Power & Light Co.

Royce S. McClelland, Wilmington, for additional defendant, appellee, Swift & Co.

RODMAN, Justice.

When an injured party elects to sue some but not all of the tort-feasors responsible for his injuries, those sued have a right to bring the other wrongdoers in for contribution. G.S. § 1-240. The original defendant then becomes as to the tort-feasors not sued a plaintiff. Norris v. Johnson, 246 N.C. 179, 97 S.E.2d 773; Wrenn v. Graham...

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