JACKSON v. FOWLER

No. 774SC707.

245 S.E.2d 578 (1978)

37 N.C. App. 195

Bobby Dale JACKSON, by his guardian ad litem, Bobby Wayne Jackson v. David Windsor FOWLER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doffermyre & Rizzo, P. A. by L. Randolph Doffermyre, III, Dunn, for plaintiff-appellant.

Chambliss, Paderick, Warrick & Johnson, P. A. by Joseph B. Chambliss, Clinton, for defendant-appellee.


WEBB, Judge.

We reverse the judgment of the superior court. The statement of the law applicable to this case has been made many times by the Supreme Court of North Carolina and by this Court. It is as follows:

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