Roberson v. City of Kinston
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff .from Moms, J., February Civil Session, 1963, LeNOIR Superior Court. The plaintiff, administratrix of ber daughter, E-arline Roberson, age eight years, instituted this civil action to recover -damages for her daughter's death, allegedly resulting from the actionable negligence both of the -City of Kinston and the Housing Authority of that city. Both defendants, by ¡answer, denied negligence.
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Appeal by plaintiff .from Moms, J., February Civil Session, 1963, LeNOIR Superior Court. The plaintiff, administratrix of ber daughter, E-arline Roberson, age eight years, instituted this civil action to recover -damages for her daughter's death, allegedly resulting from the actionable negligence both of the -City of Kinston and the Housing Authority of that city. Both defendants, by ¡answer, denied negligence. At the -conclusion of the -plaintiff’s evidence, the court -entered judgment of -compulsory nonsuit, from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHiggins, J.
The evidence 'discloses the following: In the year 1940 the Housing Authority ¡of the City of Kinston was chartered -by the State -of North Carolina as ¡a -municipal corporation. The charter authorized it to acquire property in the City of Kinston on which were located unsanitary -and unsafe buildings ¡and to replace them with sanitary and safe bui-ldingis for rent to- families of low income. The Authority acquired 9.69 acres o-f land in Kinston, bounded on the north for a distance of 418 feet by Adkin Branch, -or Canal. The plaintiff’s complaint described it as “Adkin Ditch.” The canal -had…
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