Moody v. State Prison.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActxoN by J. R. Moody against the 'State’s Prison, heard by Judge W. 8. O’B. Robinson, at October Term, 1900, of Waicb County Superior Court. Prom a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
*13Cuaejk, J.
The plaintiff brings this action against the State’s Prison for damages sustained by Mm while a prison guard by the breaking of a ladder under Mm, which he alleges was in a dilapidated condition, and which he says he was compelled to use though its defective condition had been repeatedly called to the attention of the officer’s.
The defendant demurred that the complaint did not state a cause of action, because:
1. This is an action against the State, as such, 'the State’s Prison being merely an agency of the State to secure certain public and general sendees.
2. Eor the above reason,…
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