Court Opinion

ID: 9808295
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 20:33:16.821872+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:10:49.729302
License: Public Domain

Faircloth, C. J.,
concurring. — I concur in the legal conclusion of the opinion but I do not agree with the proposition announced that, “Indeed, where the relation of carrier and passenger exists, the conduct of an employee of the carrier, in inflicting violence on the passenger, though the act be outside of the scope of his authority or even willful and malicious, subjects the carrier to liability in damages just as fully as if the carrier had encouraged the commission of the act.” That proposition has not yet been adopted by this court, hut was rejected in Daniel v. Railroad, 117 N. C., 592. The facts in this case do not authorize or call for such an expression. Too much dicta leads to confusion, and *972requires too much subsequent explanation. The proposition would certainly require very serious consideration.