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ROCKETT v. CITY OF ASHEVILLE

No. 6928SC403.

170 S.E.2d 619 (1969)

6 N.C. App. 529

Mrs. Kate G. ROCKETT v. The CITY OF ASHEVILLE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 19, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don C. Young, Asheville, for the plaintiff appellant.

Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes & Hyde, by O. E. Starnes, Jr., Asheville, for the defendant appellee.

HEDRICK, Judge.

The principles of law regarding the liability of a municipality for failing to keep its streets and sidewalks in a safe condition were set out by Parker, J., now C. J., in Smith v. Hickory, 252 N.C. 316, 113 S.E.2d 557 (1960), as follows:

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

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