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STATE v. BILLINGS

No. 241.

81 S.E.2d 150 (1954)

240 N.C. 78

STATE ex rel. HAYES v. BILLINGS et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 7, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. McElwee, Jr., and Trivette, Holshouser & Mitchell, North Wilkesboro, for plaintiff, appellant.

Whicker & Whicker and Hayes & Hayes, North Wilkesboro, for defendants, appellees.

JOHNSON, Justice.

The doctrine of governmental immunity, which shields a county and its innocent taxpayers from liability for the negligence of its officers in the exercise of governmental (as distinguished from proprietary) functions, obtains with all its rigor in this jurisdiction. Jones v. Board of Commissioners, 130 N.C. 451, 42 S.E. 144; Keenan v. Commissioners, 167 N.C. 356, 83 S.E. 556; Rhodes v. City of Asheville, 230 N.C. 134, 141, 52 S.E.2d 371. Our decisions...

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