COOK v. COUNTY OF BURKE

No. 360.

157 S.E.2d 611 (1967)

272 N.C. 94

Vassie Dallas COOK v. COUNTY OF BURKE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 22, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simpson & Simpson, Morganton, for plaintiff appellant.

Byrd, Byrd & Ervin, Morganton, for defendant appellee.


PER CURIAM.

In view of the stipulation concerning liability insurance held by the county at the time of the plaintiff's fall, the question of governmental immunity from suit for such an occurrence does not arise with reference to the validity of the judgment of nonsuit. G.S. § 153-9(44).

The liability of the county for injuries sustained by a pedestrian, falling upon a public walk within its courthouse grounds, would be no more extensive than that of...

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