Darden v. Town of Plymouth
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiffs from Ferguson, J., at June Term, 1914, Of 'WASHINGTON. Civil action to recover damages for physical injuries caused by alleged negligence of defendant in failing to keep the streets of the town in proper repair. At close of plaintiffs’ evidence, on motion, there was judgment of nonsuit, and plaintiff excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
The evidence on the part of plaintiff tended to show that, in September, 1912, about 9 p. m., feme plaintiff was injured by a fall as she was endeavoring to go along Water Street in Plymouth; that the injury occurred under a shed over the street from Hampton’s warehouse, a brick structure abutting on the street; that on the outer edge of the sidewalk at this place there was some kind of a counter and on the inner edge, next the building, there was a pile of loose lumber sloping towards the sidewalk and narrowing same so that two people could not pass abreast. As„we understand the facts, the…
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