Legal Opinion

Campbell v. Model Steam Laundry

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 9, 1925PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtYasser, J.

There must, of necessity, be a period within which a child is incapable of exercising care to such a degree as may be otherwise legally applicable to the given situation. We are of the opinion that a child 4 years old is incapable of negligence, primary or contributory. 20 R. C. L., 124, paragraph 105; Shellaberger v. Fisher, 143 Fed., 937; Purtell v. Philadelphia Coal Co., 256 Ill., 110; South Bend v. Turner, 156 Ind., 418; Schmitz v. St. Louis R. Co., 119 Mo., 256; Sou. R. Co., v. Chatman, 124 Ga., 1026; Chicago City R. Co. v. Wilcox, 138 Ill., 370; Evansville v. Senhenn, 151 Ind., 42;…

2Cases cited88 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. StoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. McDonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Lake v. Atlantic WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
  4. McDermott v. SevereSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  5. Gibson v. LeonardIllinois Supreme Court · 1892

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Garis v. EberlingCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1934
  2. Hatch v. Globe Laundry Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1934
  3. Smith v. HensonTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Williams v. MickensSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
  5. Barnett v. . MillsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914

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