SNOW v. DUKE POWER CO.

No. 7817SC67.

250 S.E.2d 99 (1979)

39 N.C. App. 350

William G. SNOW and GroveWood, Inc. v. DUKE POWER COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tornow & Lewis by Michael J. Lewis, Winston-Salem, for plaintiffs appellees.

Folger & Folger by Fred Folger, Jr., Mount Airy, and William I. Ward, Jr., Charlotte, for defendant appellant.


CLARK, Judge.

Defendant contends that the plaintiffs presented insufficient evidence of causation and of defendant's negligence to submit the issue to the jury.

Ordinarily, there is no direct evidence of the cause of a fire, and therefore, causation must be established by circumstantial evidence. See, Stone v. Texas Co., 180 N.C. 546, 105 S.E. 425 (1920). "The cause of the fire is not required to be shown by direct and positive proof . . . . It may...

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