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DAWSON v. CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

No. 609.

144 S.E.2d 831 (1965)

265 N.C. 691

Frances Perry DAWSON v. CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 24, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ottway Burton, Asheboro, for plaintiff appellant.

Smith & Casper, Asheboro, Sherwood H. Smith, Jr., and A. Y. Arledge, Raleigh, for defendant appellee.

PARKER, Justice.

This is a civil action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from a fall in defendant's office at 318 Sunset Avenue, Asheboro, North Carolina, allegedly caused by defendant's actionable negligence in, during a rainy day, permitting dampness or water to be on its office floor, and in not providing a floor mat for customers to wipe their feet on. Defendant in its answer denies that it was negligent, and conditionally pleads contributory...

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