Clarke v. Martin
| Decision Date | 12 April 1939 |
| Docket Number | No. 311.,311. |
| Citation | 2 S.E. 2d. 10,215 N.C. 405 |
| Parties | CLARKE. v. MARTIN. |
| Court | North Carolina Supreme Court |
Appeal from Superior Court, Caldwell County; Wilson Warlick, Judge.
Action by Albert H. Clarke against William Martin to recover for injuries sustained in an automobile collision. Judgment for defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.
Judgment reversed.
Hal B. Adams and Pritchett, Strickland & Farthing, all of Lenoir, for appellant.
Hunter Martin, of Lenoir, for appellee.
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been proximately caused by the negligence of the defendant.
The evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, tended to show that about 6:30 o'clock A. M., on December 30, 1937, the defendant parked his truck on the right side of a State highway, partially on the hard surface thereof, in order to load lumber thereon, that it was still dark and a heavy fog enveloped the highway, that there was no red tail light on the rear of the truck, but a search light attached to the cab thereof was casting its rays to the rear of the truck; that the plaintiff, driving his automobile at about 25 miles per hour, approached the defendant's truck from the rear, and, failing to see the truck in time to avoid a collision either by stopping or driving around, ran his automobile into the defendant's truck, resulting in injury to his person.
When the plaintiff had introduced his evidence and rested his case the court sustained the defendant's motion for nonsuit, C.S. § 567, and signed judgment accordant therewith, from which judgment the plaintiff appealed, assigning error.
On the argument the defendant admitted that there was sufficient evidence, to take the case to the jury on an issue of his negligence, but contended that the evidence establishes, as a matter of law, the plaintiff's contributory negligence, and for that reason the court was correct in granting the motion for judgment as of nonsuit.
The defendant, appellee, relies upon Weston v. Southern R. Co., 194 N.C. 210, 139 S.E. 237, and Lee v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 212 N.C. 340, 193 S.E. 395, and cases therein cited. The plaintiff, appellant, relies upon Williams v. Frederick-son Motor Express Lines, 198 N.C. 193, 151 S.E. 197, and Cole v. Koonce, 214 N. C. 188, 198 S.E. 637, and cases therein cited. We are of the opinion, and so hold, that the instant case is governed by the Williams and the Cole cases, supra, and that his Honor erred...
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