SPELL v. MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.

No. 171.

135 S.E.2d 544 (1964)

261 N.C. 589

Maurice Amos SPELL v. MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 8, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Britt & Warren, Clinton, Jones, Reed & Griffin, Kinston, for plaintiff appellee.

D. Stephen Jones and P. D. Herring, Clinton, for defendant appellant.


SHARP, Justice:

Plaintiff bases his case upon the allegation that the defendant knew, or as a result of its experience in making exvacations, should have known, that the continuous rain had made the fresh dirt in the ditch soft and unstable and that, notwithstanding such knowledge, defendant failed either to barricade or bridge the ditch or to give warning of this unsafe condition. Plaintiff has neither allegation nor proof that the initial construction of the ditch...

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