Pace v. Reliable Transport Co., 216 N.C. 804 (1939)

Nov. 22, 1939 · Supreme Court of North Carolina
216 N.C. 804

S. F. PACE, Administrator of HAYWOOD M. PACE, v. RELIABLE TRANSPORT COMPANY, a Corporation.

(Filed 22 November, 1939.)

Appeal by plaintiff from Sinclair, J., at March Term, 1939, of FRANKLIN.

Civil action to recover for alleged wrongful death. C. S., 161.

Judgment as in case of nonsuit entered at close of evidence for plaintiff, who appeals to Supreme Court and assigns error.

Yarborough & Yarborough and Chas. P. Green for plaintiff, appellant.

Douglass & Douglass for defendant, appellee.

Per Curiam.

The evidence adduced on the trial below, as shown in record on this' appeal, taken in the light most favorable to plaintiff, leads unerringly to the conclusion that the untimely death of the intestate was the result of an unavoidable accident- for which the defendant is not liable.

The judgment below is

Affirmed.