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  "id": 8626655,
  "name": "J. C. EPTING, JR., by his Next Friend, J. C. Epting, Sr. v. L. R. STEWART, G. A. STEWART, and C. A. FERREE, t/a R. K. STEWART & SON",
  "name_abbreviation": "Epting ex rel. Epting v. Stewart",
  "decision_date": "1957-11-27",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "268",
  "last_page": "269",
  "citations": [
    {
      "type": "official",
      "cite": "247 N.C. 268"
    }
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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": "2023-07-14T22:38:17.459804+00:00",
  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "J. C. EPTING, JR., by his Next Friend, J. C. Epting, Sr. v. L. R. STEWART, G. A. STEWART, and C. A. FERREE, t/a R. K. STEWART & SON."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nA review of all the evidence introduced by the plaintiff in the light most favorable to him, in our opinion, is insufficient to carry the case to the jury and support a verdict in his favor.\nThe ruling of the court below will be upheld.\nAffirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Per Curiam."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Morgan, Byerly & Post for plaintiff appellant.",
      "Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter for defendant appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "J. C. EPTING, JR., by his Next Friend, J. C. Epting, Sr. v. L. R. STEWART, G. A. STEWART, and C. A. FERREE, t/a R. K. STEWART & SON.\n(Filed 27 November, 1957)\nAutomobiles \u00a7 24\u2014\nIn this action to recover for injuries sustained when plaintiff pedestrian ran into the end of a steel beam protruding from a truck which had been parked on the school grounds for five to ten minutes, non-suit was properly allowed.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Rousseau, J., May Civil Term 1957 of Guilford (High Point Division).\nThis is a civil action to recover damages for an injury sustained by plaintiff allegedly resulting from the negligence of defendant.\nThe plaintiff minor, an eleven-year-old student in Oakview School near High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, about 2:00 p.m. on 15 October 1955, was returning from a playground area, a part of the school grounds, to the school building, when he ran into the end of steel beam lying across the bed of a pickup truck which was parked adjacent to a school building addition then under construction. The steel beam, commonly called an \u201cI\u201d beam, was painted a bright red. This beam had been moved on the truck from a place on the school grounds where it had been stored with other building materials. The truck had been parked near the building under construction from five to ten minutes before the accident occurred.\nAt the close of plaintiff\u2019s evidence, defendant moved for judgment as of nonsuit. Motion allowed. Plaintiff appeals, assigning error.\nMorgan, Byerly & Post for plaintiff appellant.\nSmith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter for defendant appellee."
  },
  "file_name": "0268-01",
  "first_page_order": 310,
  "last_page_order": 311
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