Holt Ex Rel. Holt v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

161 S.E. 76, 201 N.C. 638, 1931 N.C. LEXIS 55

• Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
• Decided: November 10, 1931
• Status: Published

Opinion

Per Curiam.

All the evidence at the trial of this action tended to show that the sole proximate cause of the collision which resulted in plaintiff’s injuries, was the negligence of the driver of the automobile. Conceding that there was evidence tending to show negligence on the part of defendant’s engineer, as contended by plaintiff, such negligence was not the proximate cause of the collision between the automobile in which plaintiff was riding and defendant’s train. For this reason, there is no error in the judgment dismissing the action as of nonsuit.

Where as in the instant case the evidence offered by the plaintiff shows that his injury was due to the negligence of a third party, and not to that of the defendant, it is proper to nonsuit the action, for in that event the plaintiff has failed to make out a case against the defendant. Herman v. R. R., 197 N. C., 718, 150 S. E., 361. The judgment is

Affirmed.