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STEELMAN v. CITY OF NEW BERN

No. 6.

184 S.E.2d 239 (1971)

279 N.C. 589

Joseph F. STEELMAN, Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Flake Steelman, Jr. v. CITY OF NEW BERN, North Carolina, a Municipal Corporation.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams, Lancaster, Seay, Rouse & Sherrill by Basil L. Sherrill and John E. Lansche, Raleigh, for plaintiff appellant.

Walter L. Horton, Jr., Raleigh, and A. D. Ward, Ward & Ward, New Bern, for defendant appellee.

MOORE, Justice.

Plaintiff's sole assignment of error is to the granting of defendant's motion for summary judgment on the basis that the governmental immunity doctrine applies to the maintenance of a municipal street lighting circuit.

Plaintiff, in an excellent and persuasive brief, concedes that this Court in Baker v. Lumberton, 239 N.C. 401, 79 S.E.2d 886 (1953), held that a municipal corporation...

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