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FULLER v. FULLER

No. 388.

116 S.E.2d 776 (1960)

253 N.C. 288

Melba Sue FULLER, by her Next Friend, J. D. Alford, v. Lucy W. FULLER, Administratrix of the Estate of Gurney Ryland Fuller, Deceased, and J. R. Fuller. Jimmy Allen FULLER, by his Next Friend, J. D. Alford, v. Lucy W. FULLER, Administratrix of the Estate of Gurney Ryland Fuller, Deceased, and J. R. Fuller.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 2, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yarborough, Yarborough & Paschal, Louisburg, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Smith, Leach, Anderson & Dorsett, Raleigh, for defendants, appellees.

PER CURIAM.

The cause of the accident rests in the realm of speculation and conjecture. Negligence will not be presumed from the mere happening of an accident. In the absence of evidence on the question, freedom from negligence will be presumed. Ivey v. Rollins, 251 N.C. 345, 111 S.E.2d 194, and 250 N.C. 89, 108 S.E.2d 63.

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