CROOM v. TOWN OF BURGAW

No. 174.

129 S.E.2d 586 (1963)

259 N.C. 60

W. S. CROOM v. TOWN OF BURGAW.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 6, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie B. Williams and Otto K. Pridgen, II, Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Corbett & Fisler, Burgaw, Summersill & Browning, Jacksonville, for defendant-appellee.


PER CURIAM.

It has been uniformly held by this Court that a municipality while acting in its governmental capacity, pursuant to legislative authority conferred by its charter, or in discharging a duty imposed for the public benefit, such corporation is not liable for the torts of its officers, unless there is a statute which subjects it to liability therefor.

A police officer duly appointed by a municipality is...

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