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  "name": "JOHN E. STAPLES, by His Next Friend, MRS. E. P. WHITAKER, v. G. D. BRUNS",
  "name_abbreviation": "Staples ex rel. Whitaker v. Bruns",
  "decision_date": "1940-11-20",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "780",
  "last_page": "781",
  "citations": [
    {
      "type": "official",
      "cite": "218 N.C. 780"
    }
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
  },
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    "id": 5,
    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "JOHN E. STAPLES, by His Next Friend, MRS. E. P. WHITAKER, v. G. D. BRUNS."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Pee. . CueiaM.\nTbe allegations contained in tbe complaint are not sufficient to take plaintiff\u2019s cause of action out of tbe general rule tbat a parent is not liable for tbe torts of bis minor child. Bowen v. Mewborn, ante, 423, is in point and is controlling. As tbe complaint fails to state a cause of action tbe judgment below overruling tbe demurrer is\nEeversed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Pee. . CueiaM."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "G. T. Carswell and Joe W. Ervin for plaintiff, appellee.",
      "John Newit.i for defendant, appellant."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "JOHN E. STAPLES, by His Next Friend, MRS. E. P. WHITAKER, v. G. D. BRUNS.\n(Filed 20 November, 1940.)\nAppeal by defendant from Johnston, Special Judge, at September Extra Term, 1940, of Mecklenburg.\nReversed.\nCivil action to recover damages for personal injuries.\nG. D. Bruns, Jr., infant son of defendant, while riding a bicycle belonging to bim on a sidewalk in the city of Charlotte, in violation of a city ordinance, struck and injured plaintiff.\nDefendant demurred to the complaint. The demurrer was overruled and defendant excepted and appealed.\nG. T. Carswell and Joe W. Ervin for plaintiff, appellee.\nJohn Newit.i for defendant, appellant."
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