STARNES v. McMANUS

No. 468.

140 S.E.2d 15 (1965)

263 N.C. 638

Bud STARNES, Administrator of the Estate of Fannie Starnes McManus, v. Grady McMANUS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 29, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Osborne Ayscue, Monroe, for plaintiff.

Smith & Griffin, Monroe, for defendant.


SHARP, Justice.

Undoubtedly, plaintiff proved the negligence he had effectively alleged. The allegations of reckless driving, stated almost in the words of the statute and without specification of wilful and wanton conduct, are merely the pleader's conclusions, which add nothing to plaintiff's allegations of ordinary negligence. Fleming v. Drye, 253 N.C. 545, 117 S.E.2d 416; Troxler v. Central Motor...

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