Reeves v. Asheville Construction Co.

Pee Cttbiam.

The defendant’s, appellee’s, statement of this action is as follows: “Plaintiff seeks to recover damages which plaintiff claims he sustained because the State’s Prison authorities quartered convicts in the vicinity of plaintiff’s home under contracts with defendant for the working of the convicts in a quarry of defendant, and for alleged nuisances committed by the convicts while under the exclusive control of the State. The court below sustained the motion for judgment of nonsuit on the ground that the defendant was not responsible for such nuisances when it had no authority over…