Parks-Belk Co. v. City of Concord

In Price v. Trustees, 172 N. C., 84, it is said: “It is tbe general rule in this jurisdiction that a municipal corporation when engaged in tbe exercise of powers and in tbe performance of duties conferred and enjoined upon them for tbe public benefit, may not be held liable for torts and wrongs of their employees and agents, unless made so by statute. Snider v. High Point, 168 N. c., 608; Harrington v. Greenville, 159 N. C., 632; McIlhenny v. Wilmington, 127 N. C., 146; Moffit v. Asheville, 103 N. C., 237; White v. Comrs., 90 N. C., 437.

A limitation upon tbe general rule is recognized and…