SMITH v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 666.

79 S.E.2d 880 (1954)

239 N.C. 360

SMITH v. GULF OIL CORP.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 29, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. J. Shields, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hoyle & Hoyle, Greensboro, for defendant-appellee.


PARKER, Justice.

The plaintiff contends that considering the evidence in the light most favorable to him, it makes out a case for the jury that the defendant was negligent in failing to install the pipes so as to prevent leakage. Considered in that light the evidence tended to show these facts: In the middle of April 1950 the defendant installed the pipes, pumps, etc., at his filling station. The pipes were installed in partially filled-in ground, extra rocky soil...

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