MILLS v. WATERS

No. 388.

70 S.E.2d 11 (1952)

235 N.C. 424

MILLS v. WATERS et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 16, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl V. Venters and J. T. Gresham, Jr., Jacksonville, for plaintiff, appellant.

Summersill & Summersill, Jacksonville, for defendant, appellees.


VALENTINE, Justice.

It was a cold night in December and perfectly natural that the building should be heated in some manner. With the gas tanks and pumps a safe distance from the front door, the presence of an open gas heater well within the room could not be regarded as negligence per se. The decisions of this court are to the effect that in order to establish actionable negligence it must appear: (1) that the defendant, either personally or through an agent, servant...

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