Moffitt v. . Asheville

The complaint is as follows:

"The plaintiff, complaining of the defendant, alleges:

1. That the defendant is a municipal corporation, created by the laws of the State of North Carolina.

"2. That as such corporation it became the duty of defendant to provide proper facilities for heating the city prison so as to secure health and comfort of prisoners confined therein.

"3. That on the night of the ...... day of ........., 1887, the plaintiff was arrested by the police authorities of said city of Asheville, for an alleged violation of an ordinance of said city, and confined in the city prison until…