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WATERS v. CITY OF ROANOKE RAPIDS

No. 195.

153 S.E.2d 783 (1967)

270 N.C. 43

Elsie W. WATERS v. CITY OF ROANOKE RAPIDS.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Long, Roanoke Rapids, and Banzet & Banzet, Warrenton, for defendant appellant.

Allsbrook, Benton, Knott, Allsbrook & Cranford, Roanoke Rapids, for plaintiff appellee.

LAKE, Justice.

The basis upon which a city or town may be held liable for damages to a pedestrian injured by a fall while walking upon its sidewalk is thus stated by Parker, J., now C. J., speaking for the Court in Smith v. City of Hickory, 252 N.C. 316, 113 S.E.2d 557:

"The governing authorities of a town or city have the duty imposed upon them by law of exercising ordinary care to maintain...

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