PATTERSON v. MOFFITT

No. 380.

72 S.E.2d 863 (1952)

236 N.C. 405

PATTERSON v. MOFFITT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 5, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ottway Burton, Asheboro, for plaintiff appellant.

Jordan & Wright Greensboro, for defendant appellee.


BARNHILL, Justice.

The plaintiff was an invitee, and defendant owed him all the duties imposed on a host or inviter under the same or similar circumstances. These include the duty to exercise ordinary care to avoid committing any act of negligence or imprudence which might add to or increase the danger to his invitee. 4 Blashfield 368, sec. 2321.

Plaintiff's only allegation of negligence is that the defendant "negligently...

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