EASON v. GRIMSLEY

No. 246.

121 S.E.2d 885 (1961)

255 N.C. 494

Raymond Easter EASON v. Jimmie GRIMSLEY, Dan Braxton, t/a Dan Braxton Trucking Company and White Owl Motor Company.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 11, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fields & Cooper, Rocky Mount, for plaintiff.

David E. Reid, Jr., James & Speight and W. H. Watson, Greenville, for defendants.


MOORE, Justice.

The sole question is whether or not the court erred in granting nonsuit.

When considered in the light most favorable to plaintiff, the evidence tends to show: On 25 March 1960, about 8:30 a. m., plaintiff was owner of and a passenger in an automobile, driven by his son. It was drizzling rain. The automobile was proceeding eastwardly on Highway 97 in or near Leggett. The driver observed a slow-moving tractor-trailer ahead, proceeding in the...

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