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PETREA v. RYDER TANK LINES, INC.

No. 439.

141 S.E.2d 278 (1965)

264 N.C. 230

Lillie H. PETREA, Plaintiff, v. RYDER TANK LINES, INC., Original Defendant, and Oscar A. Petrea, Additional Defendant.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 7, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walser, Brinkley, Walser & McGirt, Lexington, for original defendant, appellant.

Hudson, Ferrell, Petree, Stockton, Stockton & Robinson, Winston-Salem, and J. Lee Wilson, Lexington, for additional defendant, appellee.

PER CURIAM:

A defendant who has been sued for tort may bring into the action for the purpose of enforcing contribution under G.S. § 1-240 only a joint tort-feasor whom plaintiff could have sued originally in the same action. Jones v. Douglas Aircraft Co., 253 N.C. 482, 117 S.E.2d 496; Wilson v. Massagee, 224 N.C. 705, 32 S.E.2d 335, 156 A.L.R. 922. The law of West Virginia does not permit one...

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