Court Opinion

ID: 9811800
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 22:28:59.542267+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:21:30.021465
License: Public Domain

Adams, J.,
concurring: I concur in the opinion written by the Chief Justice, and take occasion to stress the statement that in Misenheimer v. Hayman, 195 N. C., 613, the Court did not hold that the owner of a motor car is liable for injuries caused by it, merely because of his ownership. In that case there was no controversy as to the negligent operation of the truck. The questions were (1) whether the defendant was the owner of the truck; (2) whether at the time of the injury the truck was driven by the defendant’s employee; and (3) if it was, whether the employee was then engaged in the prosecution of the defendant’s business ? The court concluded, on the defendant’s motion for nonsuit, that the evidence, while not complete in all respects, was not so meager as to require dismissal of the action as a matter of law.