Holland v. Malpass
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
PER CxjRiam.
After the plaintiff’s evidence is taken as true, all reasonable inferences favorable to him are drawn therefrom and the whole is viewed in the light most favorable to him, it still falls short of being sufficient to show a cause of action in his favor against the defendant. The judgment of nonsuit was, therefore, proper.
Assuming, as we must upon this motion, that the plaintiff was invited by the defendant to go into the portion of the garage where the accident occurred, the defendant did not thereby become an insurer of the plaintiff’s safety while there. Aaser v. Charlotte, 265…
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- Pierce v. MurnickSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
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