Foy v. Foy Electric Co

• Decision Date: 23 November 1949
• Docket Number: No. 521.,521.
• Citation: Foy v. Foy Electric Co, 56 S.E.2d 418, 231 N.C. 161 (N.C. 1949)
• Court: North Carolina Supreme Court
• Parties: FOY. v. FOY ELECTRIC CO.

56 S.E.2d 418

231 N.C. 161

FOY.

v.FOY ELECTRIC CO.

No. 521.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Nov. 23, 1949.

Joan Annette Foy, by her next friend, Thomas G. Lane, Jr., sued the Foy Electrict Company for injuries allegedly caused by actionable negligence of defendant in operation of its truck by its agent, who was father of infant plaintiff.

From a ruling of Superior Court, Mecklenburg County, Frank M. Armstrong, J., striking certain averments from defendant's answer, the defendant appealed.

The Supreme Court, in a Per Curiam decision, affirmed the ruling, holding that the action was not against public policy because Infant's parents owned one-half of outstanding stock of defendant corporation.

Civil action to recover for damages for alleged actionable negligence of defendant in the operation of its truck by its servant and agent, Howard J. Foy.

The case was heard upon motion of plaintiff to strike from defendant's further answer these averments: (1) That at the time referred to in the complaint the infant plaintiff was daughter of said Howard J. Foy, --living in his household as a member of his family; (2) that Howard J. Foy and his wife, the mother of infant plaintiff, own one-half of the outstanding stock of defendant corporation; and (3) that, to the extent of his stock ownership in the corporation, the action is in effect against Howard J....