PETERSON v. JOHNSON

No. 7510SC553.

221 S.E.2d 920 (1976)

28 N.C. App. 527

Joseph Wade PETERSON v. William H. JOHNSON, Executor, Estate of Maybelle Jones, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nance, Collier, Singleton, Kirkman & Herndon by James R. Nance, Fayetteville, and Jordan, Morris & Hoke by John R. Jordan, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bailey, Dixon, Wooten, McDonald & Fountain by Wright T. Dixon, Jr., and John N. Fountain, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


PARKER, Judge.

Defendant assigns error to denial of his motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, contending that plaintiff's evidence was insufficient to show negligence on the part of defendant's testatrix. We hold that the motions were properly denied. "When a plaintiff suing to recover damages for injuries sustained in a collision offers evidence tending to show that the collision occurred when the defendant was driving to his...

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