WILLIAMSON v. McNEILL

No. 7019SC289.

175 S.E.2d 294 (1970)

8 N.C. App. 625

Betty Sanders WILLIAMSON, Administratrix of Larry Eugene Sanders, deceased v. Rebecca Brenda McNEILL, Daniel Lonnie Cheek and Lonnie Thomas Cheek.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 15, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Wade Yates, Asheboro, for plaintiff appellant.

Perry C. Henson, and Daniel W. Donahue, Greensboro, for defendant appellee, Rebecca Brenda McNeill.


BRITT, Judge.

Conceding, arguendo, that plaintiff's evidence made out a case of actionable negligence, we are of the opinion that such evidence also (1) established contributory negligence as a matter of law and (2) failed to establish the element of last clear chance which renders that doctrine applicable only when the defendant "* * * had the time and means to avoid injury to the endangered pedestrian by the exercise of reasonable care after he discovered...

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