LUCAS v. WHITE

No. 167.

102 S.E.2d 387 (1958)

248 N.C. 38

Blanche Ivey LUCAS v. Clifford Leslie WHITE and wife, Marion D. White, Lawrence A. Freeman and Jesse H. Dunscomb.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 19, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie B. Williams, Otto K. Pridgen, II, Clayton C. Holmes, Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Isaac C. Wright, Wilmington, for defendant-appellee.


WINBORNE, Chief Justice.

Appellant states this as the question involved on this appeal: "Is nonsuit proper where evidence tends to show that defendant observed or should have observed an approaching vehicle weaving across the road and in the left-hand lane and made no effort to avoid the collision although he could have done so?" In the light of the allegations of the complaint, paragraph 22, the answer is Yes. For there is fatal variance between the allegation and...

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