Johnson v. City of Raleigh
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Whedbee, J., at February Term, 1911, of Wake. Civil action to recover damages for personal injuries caused by alleged negligence of defendant in failing to keep* its streets in proper repair. On tbe issue as to negligence, there was verdict for defendant. Judgment on verdict, and plaintiff excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
On the trial it appeared that on the night of 5 February, 1910, plaintiff was crossing from her home on Bloodworth Street to Barber’s store, nearly opposite, and while near the sidewalk she fell into a hole”, about 1% to 2 feet in depth, and was injured; that just at the edge of the sidewalk and nearly in front of the store, instead of an open gutter, a long box had been placed “like a rabbit-gum,” as one of the witnesses’ described it, and covered over with dirt, and the hole had been caused, in all probability, by a wagon, in driving over or along this way, having crushed in the box. There…
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