Brewster v. Elizabeth City.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action by Matilda Brewster against Elizabeth City, heard by Judge E. B. Jones and a jury, at the September Term of the Superior Court of PasquotaNK County. From a judgment for the defendant, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The plaintiff sued the defendant to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been sustained in crossing a bridge wbicb was out of repair, and which constituted a part of a public street of the defendant. Among other defenses, contributory negligence is pleaded, and all of the plaintiff’s exceptions relate to the charge of the Court upon that issue. The evidence was in substance as follows:
The plaintiff lives in Danielson, Conn., and is seventy-two years of age. While in the defendant town on a visit she was walking along Cypress street on the 22d of April, 1903, with two other ladies,…
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