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J.\nIn the Superior Court, on appeal by the defendant from the Municipal Court of the City of High Point for errors assigned in matters of law, all of the exceptions were overruled, save and except Nos. 14 and 17, which were sustained, and the cause was thereupon remanded to the Municipal Court for a new trial. Jenkins v. Castelloe, 208 N. C., 406, 181 S. E., 266. From a procedural standpoint, the case apparently parallels Brown v. Lipe, 210 N. C., 199, 185 S. E., 681; Trust Co. v. Greyhound Lines, 210 N. C., 293, 186 S. E., 320; Williams v. Charles Stores Co., 209 N. C., 591, 184 S. E., 496.\nI. The Plaintiff\u2019s Appeal.\nBy his appeal to this Court, the plaintiff challenges the correctness of the judgment of the Superior Court in sustaining defendant\u2019s exceptions Nos. 14 and 17, and remanding the cause for another hearing. In these two exceptions, it is pointed out that the trial court made definitive and conclusive the expectancy of the plaintiff\u2019s intestate as 48.1 years. The gravamen of exception 14 is that the court said to the jury \u201cthere has been introduced in evidence here a portion of the North Carolina statute which we call the mortuary tables, and that provides . . . that a young-man eleven years old would live 48.1 years more.\u201d And in exception 17, the court seems to have been a little more specific and direct: \u201cHis expectancy is 48.1 years; that means, being eleven years old, he had, according to the mortuary table, and according to his expectancy, 48.1 years to live.\u201d\nThe Superior Court was constrained to hold these expressions for error under authority of what was said in Sebastian v. Motor Lines, 213 N. C., 770, 197 S. E., 539; Hancock v. Wilson, 211 N. C., 129, 189 S. E., 631; Trust Co. v. Greyhound Lines, 210 N. C., 293, 186 S. E., 320; Hubbard v. R. R., 203 N. C., 675, 166 S. E., 802; Young v. Wood, 196 N. C., 435, 146 S. E., 70; Taylor v. Const. Co., 193 N. C., 775, 138 S. E., 129; Odom v. Canfield Lumber Co., 173 N. C., 134, 91 S. E., 716; Sledge v. Lumber Co., 140 N. C., 459, 53 S. E., 295. These oases support the judgment of the Superior Court. The mortuary table is competent as evidence, but only as evidence, which is to be considered with the \u201cother evidence as to the health, constitution, and habits\u201d of the deceased. G. S., 8-46; Russell v. Steamboat Co., 126 N. C., 961, 36 S. E., 191. For the court to make the mortuary table definitive and conclusive not only violates the evidence rule, but also the prohibition against expression of opinion \u201cwhether a fact is fully or sufficiently proven.\u201d G. S., 1-180; Cogdill v. Hardwood Co., 194 N. C., 745, 140 S. E., 732.\nFinally, the plaintiff asks that the new trial, if sustained, be limited to the issue of damages. It does not appear that such request was lodged below; or that the judgment is challenged on this ground. The order for a new trial was made by the Superior Court. It did not originate here. The matter was entirely discretionary with the court making the order. Lumber Co. v. Branch, 158 N. C., 251, 73 S. E., 164.\nNo error has been made to appear on plaintiff\u2019s appeal.\nII. The Dependant\u2019s Appeal\nThe defendant having been granted a new trial in the Superior Court on two of his exceptions, is not entitled to have the rulings upon his other exceptions reviewed unless and until reversible error has been made to appear on plaintiff\u2019s appeal. Trust Co. v. Greyhound Lines, supra; Williams v. Charles Stores Co., supra; Leiterman v. Miller, 209 N. C., 709, 184 S. E., 525. So long as the judgment of the Superior Court is in his favor, denies him no substantial right, and remains undisturbed, it would seem that the defendant could hardly be called the \u201cparty aggrieved\u201d within the meaning of the appeal statute. G. S., 1-271; Yadkin Co. v. High Point, 219 N. C., 94, 13 S. E. (2d), 71. \u201cA \u2018party aggrieved\u2019 is one whose right has been directly and injuriously affected by the action of the court.\u201d McIntosh on Procedure, 767. See Robinson v. McAlhaney, 216 N. C., 674, 6 S. E. (2d), 517; S. c., 214 N. C., 263, 199 S. E., 26, and 214 N. C., 180, 198 S. E., 647.\nThe rulings in the Superior Court on defendant\u2019s remaining 23 exceptions, which were there overruled, might become hurtful should error be found here in the rulings on the exceptions which were there sustained. But prior to the happening of this event, the defendant may not insist upon further hearing in this Court on his other exceptions. This would amount to a second appellate review on these exceptions on appeal from an order granting him a new trial, which he neither challenges nor wants vacated. McCullock v. R. R., 146 N. C., 316 (defendant\u2019s appeal at page 320), 59 S. E., 882; Pritchard v. Spring Co., 151 N. C., 249, 65 S. E., 968; Smith v. Miller, 155 N. C., 242, 71 S. E., 353.\nPlaintiff\u2019s appeal, Affirmed.\nDefendant\u2019s appeal, Dismissed.", "type": "majority", "author": "Stagy, C. J." } ], "attorneys": [ "J. M. Broughton, Harriss H. Jarrell, and James B. Lovelace for plaintiff, appellant-appellee.", "Ehringhaus & Ehringhaus and Gold, McAnally & Gold for defendant, appellant-appellee." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "R. O. STARNES, Admr., v. HENRY G. TYSON.\n(Filed 22 May, 1946.)\n1. Death \u00a7 8\u2014\nThe mortuary table is merely evidence of life expectancy to be considered with other evidence as to the health, constitution and habits of the deceased, G. S., 8-46, and an instruction having the effect of making the expectancy set out in the statute definitive and conclusive not only violates this rule, but also the prohibition against expression of opinion \u201cwhether a fact is fully or sufficiently proven.\u201d G. S., 1-180.\n2. Appeal and Error \u00a7 48: Courts \u00a7 4b\u2014\nWhether the Superior Court, in sustaining exceptions relating solely to the issue of damages on defendant\u2019s appeal from the Municipal Court, should limit the new trial to the issue of damages, rests solely in the discretion of that coui't, and the Supreme Court, on further appeal, will not entertain plaintiff\u2019s request that the new trial be so limited.\n3. Appeal and Error \u00a7 3a\u2014\nWhen the Superior Court on defendant\u2019s appeal from the Municipal Court, grants a new trial on two exceptions and overrules the others, and the Supreme Court on plaintiff\u2019s appeal from this ruling sustains the ruling granting a new trial, defendant\u2019s appeal from the action of the Superior Court in overruling its other exceptions will be dismissed, since defendant having been granted a new trial is not the \u201cparty aggrieved.\u201d\nAppeals by plaintiff and defendant from Bone, J., at 4 February, 1946, Civil Term. From Guileobd.\nCivil action instituted in the Municipal Court of the City of High Point to recover damages for tbe death of plaintiff\u2019s intestate alleged to have been caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of the defendant.\nIt is in evidence that on the morning of 5 June, 1944, Paul Collins, age 11, and his brother, LeRoy Collins, age 15, were walking along the Jacksonville-New Bern Highway in Onslow County when they were both struck and seriously injured \u2014 Paul Collins fatally \u2014 by defendant\u2019s oil truck, which was being operated at the time by his agent and in furtherance of his business.\nThe defendant denied liability and when the case came on for trial, the jury answered the issues of negligence and contributory negligence in favor of the plaintiff, and assessed the damages at $15,000.00.\nFrom judgment on the verdict, the defendant appealed to the Superior Court of Guilford County for errors assigned in matters of law as provided by statute on such appeals. See Cecil v. Lumber Co., 197 N. C., 81, 147 S. E., 735; Hendrix v. B. B., 202 N. O., 579, 163 S. E., 752; Lewellyn v. Lewellyn, 203 N. O., 575, 166 S. E., 737; Brown v. Lipe, 210 N. G, 199, 185 S. E., 681.\nTwo of these assignments of error were directed to the following portions of the charge:\n1. \u201cNow, what you are called upon to consider, and the rule by which you do arrive at an answer to this issue, if you come to answer it, is based upon what he might have earned during his expected life, and there has been introduced in evidence here a portion of the North Carolina statute which we call the mortuary tables, and that provides \u2014 where they have it all figured out as to what the expectancy of a person\u2019s life is\u2014 that a young man eleven years old would live 48.1 years more.\u201d Exception No. 14.\n2. \u201cNow, gentlemen, you will take into consideration this boy\u2019s health, his condition, his aptitude for doing work, his age and his expectancy. His expectancy is 48.1 years; that means, being eleven years old, he had, according to the mortuary table, and according to his expectancy, 48.1 more years to live.\u201d Exception No. 17.\nOn the hearing in the Superior Court, the defendant\u2019s exceptions, 25 in number, were overruled, save and except the 14th and 17th, above set out, which were sustained, and the cause was thereupon remanded to the Municipal Court of the City of High Point for new trial.\nFrom the judgment of the Superior Court sustaining two of the defendant\u2019s exceptions and granting a new trial, the plaintiff appeals, assigning errors; and from so much of the judgment of the Superior Court as overruled his other exceptions and assignments of error, the defendant appeals, assigning errors.\nJ. M. Broughton, Harriss H. Jarrell, and James B. Lovelace for plaintiff, appellant-appellee.\nEhringhaus & Ehringhaus and Gold, McAnally & Gold for defendant, appellant-appellee." }, "file_name": "0395-01", "first_page_order": 443, "last_page_order": 447 }