Banks v. . Maxwell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtBeogdbN, J.
What are the essentials of liability for injury inflicted by a bull?
The ancestry and social standing of a bull antedates the pyramids of Egypt. Indeed, the written record reveals that in the first civilization along tbe stretches of tbe Nile a bull was a god. He was an emblem and symbol of AÚtality and ancient Egyptians worshipped vitality. Tbe same impulse therefore that constructed the pyramids also endowed the hull with divinity.
It is true that his fighting qualities have often been used for describing fear. For instance, the Sweet Singer of Israel, attempting to describe his sense of fear…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cockerham v. . NixonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1850
- Rector v. Southern Coal Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1926
3Cited by6 opinions
- Hill Ex Rel. Hill v. MoseleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
- Plumidies v. . SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
- Alexander v. CrochettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1939
- Pegg v. GraySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
- Hill Ex Rel. Hill v. MoseleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
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