SLAUGHTER v. SLAUGHTER

No. 8810SC704.

379 S.E.2d 98 (1989)

Joseph Blair SLAUGHTER, Plaintiff, v. William M. SLAUGHTER and Leroy S. Veasey, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burns, Day & Presnell, P.A. by Lacy M. Presnell, III, and Daniel C. Higgins, Raleigh, for plaintiff appellant.

Broughton, Wilkins & Webb, P.A. by Charles P. Wilkins, Raleigh, for defendant appellee Leroy S. Veasey.


COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from an order of the trial court allowing defendant Veasey's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the ground that defendants were not engaged in a joint enterprise as a matter of law and therefore the negligence of defendant Slaughter could not be imputed to defendant Veasey. We reverse.

Defendants Slaughter and Veasey are brothers-in-law. Plaintiff Slaughter is defendant Slaughter's son and defendant Veasey's...

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