City of Greensboro v. McGibbony

Lumpkin, Justice.

1. The plaintiff below recovered damages from the City of Greensboro because of personal injuries sustained by reason of a defective bridge in one of its streets. The defendant contended that it was not liable, because there was nothing in its charter imposing any duty whatever upon the municipal corporation with reference to keeping its streets or highways in repair, and that in a case of this kind the city could not be held responsible, because it is not made so either expressly or impliedly by its charter or by any general law. Under the facts disclosed by the record,…