Olmstead v. City of Raleigh
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by A. E. Olmstead against tbe City of Raleigb, beard by Judge W. S. 0JB. Robinson and a jury, at February Term, 1902, o-f tbe Superior Court of Ware County. Erom a judgment for tbe defendant, tbe plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Tbe defendant, tbe city of Raleigb, purchased a tract of land near tbe city to be used for sanitary purposes, and also for tbe site of a smallpox hospital. To further utilize tbe property, tbe defendant determined to build a large bam upon it, in which its horses were to be stabled and its crops, grown upon tbe same to feed its stock, were to be stored; and, to superintend tbe farm, a man of the name of Leighton was employed by tbe year. Tbe plaintiff was employed through tbe sanitary officer of tbe defendant, by tbe day, to superintend tbe building of tbe woodwork or carpenter’s work on tbe…
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