Case Name: MRS. BESSIE POPE KORNEGAY, Administratrix of R. C. KORNEGAY, v. D. C. WILLIAMS, JR., Trading as WILLIAMS LUMBER COMPANY
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1942-10-14
Citations: 222 N.C. 751
Docket Number: 
Parties: MRS. BESSIE POPE KORNEGAY, Administratrix of R. C. KORNEGAY, v. D. C. WILLIAMS, JR., Trading as WILLIAMS LUMBER COMPANY.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 222
Pages: 751–751

Head Matter:
MRS. BESSIE POPE KORNEGAY, Administratrix of R. C. KORNEGAY, v. D. C. WILLIAMS, JR., Trading as WILLIAMS LUMBER COMPANY.
(Filed 14 October, 1942.)
Appeal by plaintiff from Grady, Emergency Judge, at March Term, 1942, of WayNe.
J. Faison Thomson and J. T. Flythe for plaintiff, appellant.
Boyall, Gosney & Smith for defendant, appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This is an action for the alleged wrongful death of the plaintiff's intestate, who was killed when struck by a trailer loaded with lumber and drawn by an automobile of the defendant upon Breazeale Avenue (U. S. No. 117), near the intersection with Main Street (N. C. No. 55), in the town of Mount Olive.
The Court being of the opinion that the case is governed by the principles enunciated in Pack v. Auman, 220 N. C., 704, 18 S. E. (2d), 247, and Mitchell v. Melts, 220 N. C., 793, 18 S. E. (2d), 406, the demurrer to the evidence was properly sustained and the judgment as in case of nonsuit was properly entered.
Affirmed.