Bunch v. Town of Edenton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN tried at Spring Term, 1883, of Chowan Superior Court, before Shepherd, J. The plaintiff brought this action against the board of coun-ci linen of the town of Edenton, to recover damages for an injury occasioned by alleged negligence on the part of the town in failing to keep the streets in proper condition. The plaintiff was going along the side-walk on Main street, at night, and fell into a pit and received the injury complained of.
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Civil ActioN tried at Spring Term, 1883, of Chowan Superior Court, before Shepherd, J. The plaintiff brought this action against the board of coun-ci linen of the town of Edenton, to recover damages for an injury occasioned by alleged negligence on the part of the town in failing to keep the streets in proper condition. The plaintiff was going along the side-walk on Main street, at night, and fell into a pit and received the injury complained of. The facts relating to the accident and those bearing upon the point decided, are sufficiently set out in the opinion of this court. The following…
1Opinion of the CourtMeriumox, J.
It is admitted in ilie answer that “ it was the duty of the defendants * * * to repair the streets of the town, of Edenton and malee and keep them safe and convenient for persons traveling to and fro on said streets.”
It appears in the record that one Lee owned a lot situate along and immediately adjoining Main street in that town, and on the side of the lot next to, adjoining and bordering on the outer side of that street, there was an excavation, for the purpose of amel-lar, eight feet deep, running immediately along the street the distance of forty feet, and extending back from it about…
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