Ellington v. . Ricks
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Guión> Jat tbe October Term, 1919, of Wake. This is an action to recover damages for personal injury inflicted while tbe plaintiff was engaged in tbe installation of an acetylene gas generator on tbe premises of tbe defendant. Tbe defendant lived about five miles from Rocky Mount in Nasb Oounty. He bad in use an acetylene gas generator, wbicb furnished light for bis home.
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Appeal by defendant from Guión> Jat tbe October Term, 1919, of Wake. This is an action to recover damages for personal injury inflicted while tbe plaintiff was engaged in tbe installation of an acetylene gas generator on tbe premises of tbe defendant. Tbe defendant lived about five miles from Rocky Mount in Nasb Oounty. He bad in use an acetylene gas generator, wbicb furnished light for bis home. It bad been used about thirteen years and was located in a small brick bouse about 25 feet from tbe residence; tbe brick bouse was not used for any other purpose; it bad one door but' no windows; tbe…
1Per curiam
There are several exceptions in the record, but all of them are covered by the exception to the refusal to nonsuit, and on this it is conceded, and properly so, that the plaintiff was an invitee on the premises of the defendant, and as such entitled to hold the defendant to the duty of keeping the premises covered by the invitation in a reasonably safe condition in order that he might not be subjected to injury.
It is also not contended by the defendant that there is no evidencé that the part of the premises, where the plaintiff was when he was injured, was unsafe, but the position insisted…
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