Legal Opinion

Watkins v. Taylor Furnishing Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 22, 1944PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtScheNCK, J.

In this action the plaintiff seeks to recover damage for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in the erection, operation and maintenance of “magic eye” doors in the entrances to its store building on Fayetteville Street in the city of Ealeigh. The negligence is alleged to have consisted of the defendant’s having installed and invited the public to use “a new fangled electrically controlled door without any notice or warning of any kind or nature of its nature and the danger attendant upon using the door in the usual and ordinary way” and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Osborne Ex Rel. Osborne v. Atlantic Ice & Coal Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
  2. Williams v. . Stores Co., Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1936
  3. Bowden v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  4. Fox v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
  5. Griggs v. . Sears, Roebuck Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1940

1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Pinnix v. ToomeySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1955
  2. Raper v. McCRORY-McLELLAN CORPORATIONSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1963
  3. Wood Ex Rel. Putnam v. Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1948
  4. Fanelty v. Rogers Jewelers, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
  5. Hisey v. Cashway Supermarkets, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1967

35 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API