Eiserhardt v. State Agricultural and Mechanical Society

Oxner, Justice.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on the evening of September 21, 1957, as a result of stepping into a hole in a parking lot controlled and operated by defendant. Plaintiff and others in her family were planning to attend a Duke-Carolina football game. They drove into this lot, paid a parking fee of fifty cents and the injury occurred when plaintiff stepped out of the automobile. She alleged negligence and recklessness on the part of the defendant in the maintenance of said parking area. Defendant denied all allegations of…