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STATE EX REL. WILLIAMS v. ADAMS

No. 758SC118.

213 S.E.2d 584 (1975)

25 N.C. App. 475

STATE of North Carolina on relation of George Johnnie WILLIAMS, Jr., Administrator of George Johnnie Williams, Deceased v. W. I. ADAMS et al.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Certiorari Allowed June 6, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turner & Harrison by Fred W. Harrison, Kinston, for plaintiff appellant.

Smith, Anderson, Blount & Mitchell by John H. Anderson, Raleigh, for defendant appellees.

Certiorari Allowed by Supreme Court June 6, 1975.

VAUGHN, Judge.

The complaint alleges tortious neglect of plaintiff's intestate while he was in jail in defendant Sheriff's custody.

G.S. § 1-54(1) requires that actions against a public officer for a trespass under color of his office be started within one year after the cause of action accrues.

A sheriff is a public officer and negligence in the performance of his duties as custodian of...

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