SHOFFNER v. CITY OF RALEIGH

No. 7010SC192.

173 S.E.2d 7 (1970)

7 N.C. App. 468

Eldon L. SHOFFNER v. CITY OF RALEIGH.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John V. Hunter, III, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Teague, Johnson, Patterson, Dilthey & Clay, by Robert M. Clay, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


BROCK, Judge.

There are two questions raised by this appeal. First, does plaintiff's evidence, when considered in the light most favorable to him, make out a prima facie case of negligence on the part of the defendant? And second, does plaintiff's evidence establish that the plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law?

"Negligence is the failure to exercise proper care in the performance of a legal duty which the defendant owed the plaintiff...

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