Legal Opinion

Key Ex Rel. Key v. Home Chair Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 10, 1930PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pee Cubiam.

The defendant demurred ore tenus on the ground that “the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. C. S., 511(6). The court below sustained the demurrer and in this we can see no error. There is no allegation in the complaint that the tool used was defective, nor any allegation showing that such defect was known to the defendant or ought to have been known in the exercise of due care, and that such defect was the proximate cause of the injury. On the contrary, what caused the injury is fully set forth, which we do not think is such negligence as…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Winborne v. Interstate Cooperage Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1919
  2. Smith v. RitchSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1928

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Aldridge Motors, Inc. v. . AlexanderSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  2. Aiken v. SanderfordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  3. McNeill v. . ThomasSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1932
  4. Austin v. . Paving Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1931
  5. Austin v. Walter J. Bryson Paving Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1931

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