153 S.E. 412 | N.C. | 1930
The verdict was as follows:
1. Was the plaintiff's car damaged by the negligence of the defendant, as alleged in the complaint? Answer: Yes. *781
2. Did the plaintiff, by his own negligence, contribute to his damage, as alleged in the answer? Answer: Yes.
What amount, if any, is the plaintiff entitled to recover of the defendant? Answer: $50.00.
It was thereupon adjudged that the plaintiff take nothing by his action and that the defendant recover his costs.
The plaintiff and the defendant were equally in fault. If one can recover so can the other. Thus there would be "mutual faults and mutual recoveries, which would contradict the saying that `law is the perfection of reason.'" Herring v. R. R.,
No error.