Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1960

Reavis v. Beam

Reavis v. Beam
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided May 4, 1960
252 N.C. 479; 114 S.E.2d 103; 1960 N.C. LEXIS 600

Reavis v. Beam

Opinion of the Court

Per CuRiam.

On the oral argument here, the plaintiffs confined the discussion to the sufficiency of the evidence to go to the jury on the defendants’ last clear’ chance to avoid the injury. However, issues of negligence and contributory negligence were discussed in the brief. After careful analysis, we fail to find any evidence of actionable negligence on the part of the defendants. Hence issues of contributory negligence and last clear chance do not arise. The judgments of non-suit in the court below are

Affirmed.

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