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  "id": 8628883,
  "name": "RALPH C. CLONTZ, JR., v. JAMES R. PURSER, Trading as PURSER'S ESSO SERVICE",
  "name_abbreviation": "Clontz v. Purser",
  "decision_date": "1949-11-23",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "162",
  "last_page": "163",
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    {
      "type": "official",
      "cite": "231 N.C. 162"
    }
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 5,
    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
  },
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  "last_updated": "2023-07-14T22:38:15.383158+00:00",
  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "RALPH C. CLONTZ, JR., v. JAMES R. PURSER, Trading as PURSER\u2019S ESSO SERVICE."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nWe concur in the conclusion of the court below that the testimony offered fails to show actionable negligence on the part of the defendant such as would require submission of issues to a jury. Therefore, the judgment entered is\nAffirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Per Curiam."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Plaintiff appellant in propria persona.",
      "Robinson & Jones and John M. Robinson, Jr., for defendant appellee."
    ],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "RALPH C. CLONTZ, JR., v. JAMES R. PURSER, Trading as PURSER\u2019S ESSO SERVICE.\n(Filed 23 November, 1949.)\nNegligence \u00a7 4f (2)\u2014\nNonsuit held properly entered in an action by a customer to recover for the burning of his coat which caught fire as he passed a red hot stove in defendant\u2019s place of business.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Armstrong, J., at June Term, 1949, of Mecklenbueg.\nCivil action to recover damages allegedly resulting from the negligence of the defendant.\nWhile be was an invitee in defendant\u2019s place of business/ plaintiff\u2019s overcoat caught fire and was rendered useless. The stove in the building was red hot. Apparently the overcoat caught fire as plaintiff passed by the stove on his way from the men\u2019s room. The condition of the stove was apparent to anyone who chose to look.\nThe court, at the conclusion of the plaintiff\u2019s evidence in chief, entered judgment as in case of nonsuit and plaintiff appealed.\nPlaintiff appellant in propria persona.\nRobinson & Jones and John M. Robinson, Jr., for defendant appellee."
  },
  "file_name": "0162-02",
  "first_page_order": 212,
  "last_page_order": 213
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