Legal Opinion
Turner Ex Rel. Turner v. Gastonia City Board of Education
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 12, 1959No. 168PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHiggins, J.
The facts alleged and those which arise from them by fair implication disclose the claim resulted from an injury to Bever-lyan Turner, a pupil, while she was in the act of entering one of .the public schools of the City of Gastonia. The injury was caused by the negligent manner in which Houston D. Tolbert operated a lawnmower upon the school grounds. Houston D. Tolbert, at the time, was an employee of the Gastonia City Board of Education.
The claimant contended, as a matter of law: (1) That Houston D. *460Tolbert, having been employed by the Gastonia City Board of Education to mow the school…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by35 opinions
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