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  "id": 8630109,
  "name": "MRS. SAM D. STONE v. TOWN OF BENSON, NORTH CAROLINA, and E. S. TURLINGTON, Trading as E. S. TURLINGTON & CO.",
  "name_abbreviation": "Stone v. Town of Benson",
  "decision_date": "1938-10-12",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "280",
  "last_page": "281",
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      "cite": "214 N.C. 280"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
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    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "MRS. SAM D. STONE v. TOWN OF BENSON, NORTH CAROLINA, and E. S. TURLINGTON, Trading as E. S. TURLINGTON & CO."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "DeviN, J.\nUpon the evidence offered on the trial judgment of nonsuit as to the town of Benson was properly entered. The controverted issues of fact as to the liability of defendant Turlington have been determined in his favor. The assignments of error as to the judge\u2019s charge cannot be sustained. In the trial we find\nNo error.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "DeviN, J."
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "R. L. Godwin and Ezra Parlcer for plaintiff, appellant.",
      "Larry F. Wood and L. L. Levinson for defendants, appellees."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "MRS. SAM D. STONE v. TOWN OF BENSON, NORTH CAROLINA, and E. S. TURLINGTON, Trading as E. S. TURLINGTON & CO.\n(Filed 12 October, 1938.)\n1. Municipal Corporations \u00a7 14\u2014\nNonsuit held proper as to defendant municipality in this action to recover for fall on sidewalk alleged to have been caused by tbe presence of oil thereon.\n2. Appeal and Error \u00a7 40a\u2014\nThe verdict of the jury is conclusive in the absence of error of law in the trial.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Harris, J., at February Term, 1938, of JohNstoN.\nNo error.\nAction for damages for personal injury. Plaintiff alleged sbe sustained an injury resulting from a fall on the sidewalk of the town of Benson and in front of defendant Turlington\u2019s store, and that her fall was caused by the presence of oil on the sidewalk negligently permitted there by the defendants.\nAt the close of plaintiff\u2019s evidence motion for judgment of nonsuit as to the town of Benson was allowed. Issues submitted to the jury as to the defendant Turlington were answered as follows:\n\u201c1. Was the plaintiff injured by the negligence of the defendant, as alleged in the complaint? Ans.: \u2018Yes.\u2019\n\u201c2. Did the plaintiff, by her own negligence, contribute to her said injury, as alleged in the answer? Ans.: \u2018Yes.\u2019\n\u201c3. What damages, if any, is the plaintiff entitled to recover of the defendant? Ans.: \u2018None.\u2019 \u201d\nFrom judgment for defendants, plaintiff appealed.\nR. L. Godwin and Ezra Parlcer for plaintiff, appellant.\nLarry F. Wood and L. L. Levinson for defendants, appellees."
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