Allen v. American Cotton Mills, Inc.

It is. apparent from an examination of plaintiff’s evidence, as disclosed by the record before us, that she has failed to make out a case of actionable negligence on the part of the defendant, and that the motion for judgment of nonsuit was properly allowed. Atkinson v. Mills Co., 201 N. C., 5; Crawford v. Michael & Bivens, Inc., 199 N. C., 224.

While, as stated by Hoke, J., in Elliott v. Furnace Co., 179 N. C., 142, an employer of labor, in the exercise of reasonable care, is required to provide for his employee a safe place in which to do his work, this obligation extending to the approaches…