Sehorn v. City of Charlotte
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Garter, J., at February Term, 1916, of MecKLENbueg.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
This action is to recover damages for negligence. Tbe plaintiff, a lady about 62 years of age, while walking on a street in Charlotte, stepped into a hole in the sidewalk, with the result that her knee-cap was fractured and permanently injured.
A cement sidewalk had been laid on this street extending to the curb, and the water meter was left within the surface of the cement sidewalk. The curb was moved further off, leaving some 6 or 7 feet of grass plat between the curb and the cement sidewalk. The water meter was then taken out of the cement walk and its removal left a circular hole about…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Fitzgerald v. Concord.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Revis v. City of RaleighSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
- Johnson v. City of RaleighSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
- Smith v. City of WinstonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
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- Gettys v. Town of MarionSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
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