Legal Opinion

Turpin v. Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided February 6, 1974No. 7421SC89PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PARKER, Judge.

Under facts shown as to which there was no genuine issue, plaintiff was a licensee and not an invitee on defendant’s premises. “To constitute one an invitee of the other there must be some mutuality of' interest.” Pafford v. Construction Co., 217 N.C. 730, 9 S.E. 2d 408. Here there was none. That one member of a team in the league in which plaintiff played was also a member of defendant church who on occasion gave of his time assisting in coaching a church school team, merely explains how permission for use of the basketball court was obtained. It falls short of furnishing any…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pafford v. . Construction Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  2. Clary v. Alexander County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1973

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Nelson v. FreelandSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1998
  2. Cole v. FairchildWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
  3. Howard County Board of Education v. CheyneCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1994
  4. Prentiss v. Evergreen Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1994
  5. McIntosh v. Carefree Carolina Communities, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1990

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