O'QUINN v. SOUTHARD

No. 200.

152 S.E.2d 538 (1967)

269 N.C. 385

J. A. O'QUINN, Plaintiff, v. Ray SOUTHARD and Acme Petroleum and Fuel, Inc., Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hollowell & Stott, Horace M. DuBose, III, Gastonia, for plaintiff.

Mullen, Holland & Harrell, Gastonia, for defendants.


SHARP, Justice.

This appeal presents the question whether the trial judge erred in overruling defendants' motions for nonsuit, i.e., whether all the evidence, considered in the light most favorable to plaintiff, is sufficient to establish defendants' actionable negligence. Hubbard v. Quality Oil Co., 268 N.C. 489, 151 S.E.2d 71.

Plaintiff offered no evidence as to what ignited the gasoline...

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