Peterson v. City of Wilmington
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by H. L. Peterson against the City of Wilmington, heard by Judge W. A. Uolce, at April Term, 1901, of the Superior Court of New HaNoveií County. Erom a judgment of nonsuit, the plaintiff appealed.
1DissentDouglas, J.
The plaintiff sustained injuries to his person while in the service of the fire department of the defendant, the city of Wilmington, and brought this action for the recovery of damages. The charge on which the recovery is sought is that the defendant permitted, knowingly, a hose-reel belonging to its fire department to be and remain in an unsafe and dangerous condition, and that on a sudden emergency, the breaking out of a fire, the chief of the fire department ordered the plaintiff to mount the reel and repair to the scene of the fire, and the plaintiff, in obeying this order, was hurt by a…
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