Jones v. Bland
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Allen, J., at tbe April Term, 1921, of BEAUFORT. Tbe action is to recover damages for the alleged negligence of T. L. Bland, proprietor of Hotel Louise, and another, in leaving open tbe elevator shaft leading off tbe hotel lobby and into which plaintiff fell, receiving serious, painful, and enduring injuries. There was denial of liability and plea of contributory negligence on part of plaintiff.
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Appeal by plaintiff from Allen, J., at tbe April Term, 1921, of BEAUFORT. Tbe action is to recover damages for the alleged negligence of T. L. Bland, proprietor of Hotel Louise, and another, in leaving open tbe elevator shaft leading off tbe hotel lobby and into which plaintiff fell, receiving serious, painful, and enduring injuries. There was denial of liability and plea of contributory negligence on part of plaintiff. On the trial there was evidence tending to show that on the afternoon of 23 January, 1918, about 3 :30 p. m., plaintiff was invited into said Hotel Louise by W. B. Troy, a…
1Opinion of the CourtHours, J.
It is earnestly urged for error that his Honor charged the jury in part on the first issue that if they should find that Jones and Troy were on the way to Troy’s room for the purpose of playing cards for money they should answer the first issue for defendants, the objection being that such unlawful purpose, even if established, could in no legal sense be considered as the proximate or contributing cause of plaintiff’s injury. As an abstract proposition, considered entirely apart from the proprietary rights of the defendant as owner and in the management of the property, the position embodied…
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