{
  "id": 8569501,
  "name": "D. H. BOWEN v. ANCHOR ENTERPRISES, INC.",
  "name_abbreviation": "Bowen v. Anchor Enterprises, Inc.",
  "decision_date": "1961-09-20",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "359",
  "last_page": "360",
  "citations": [
    {
      "type": "official",
      "cite": "255 N.C. 359"
    }
  ],
  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 5,
    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
  },
  "cites_to": [
    {
      "cite": "53 S.E. 2d 536",
      "category": "reporters:state_regional",
      "reporter": "S.E.2d",
      "opinion_index": 0
    },
    {
      "cite": "230 N.C. 485",
      "category": "reporters:state",
      "reporter": "N.C.",
      "case_ids": [
        8630645
      ],
      "opinion_index": 0,
      "case_paths": [
        "/nc/230/0485-01"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "analysis": {
    "cardinality": 161,
    "char_count": 1808,
    "ocr_confidence": 0.579,
    "pagerank": {
      "raw": 9.505882454708161e-08,
      "percentile": 0.5230934313158798
    },
    "sha256": "a286ce66959d4b1f138a21e54da1b4b48726797505b844300937281a0b030940",
    "simhash": "1:05c235b2418e8539",
    "word_count": 304
  },
  "last_updated": "2023-07-14T18:41:58.690444+00:00",
  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
  },
  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "D. H. BOWEN v. ANCHOR ENTERPRISES, INC."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nThe evidence disclosed that the plaintiff, using -crutches because of a recent leg amputation, slipped on the floor of defendant\u2019s restaurant. In the fall he sustained injury. It was defendant\u2019s custom to mop the floor three times daily, using a mop pulled through a pressure wringer. Any moisture left by the mop dries within three or four minutes. After the mop goes through the wringer, \u201cIt was not a wet mop, it is a damp mop, it does not leave residuary water on the floor.\u201d Plaintiff knew the mopping operation was going on. He testified: \u201cI saw the place on the floor where the crutch slipped, it was spotted damp and showed the skid marks of the crutch.\u201d\nIn the light of applicable law in this State, evidence of actionable negligence is lacking. Harris v. Montgomery Ward & Co., 230 N.C. 485, 53 S.E. 2d 536.\nThe judgment of nonsuit is\nAffirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Per Curiam."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Hamrick & Hamrick, By: J. Nat Hamrick, for plaintiff, appellant.",
      "Jones & Jones, By: Robert A. Jones, Hamrick & Jones, for defendant, appellee."
    ],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "D. H. BOWEN v. ANCHOR ENTERPRISES, INC.\n(Filed 20 September, 1961.)\nNegligence \u00a7 37f\u2014\nEvidence that defendant-proprietor mopped tbe floor of its restaurant witb a damp mop, tbe moisture from wbicb dried witbin three or four minutes, that plaintiff knew tbe mopping operation was going on, and that be fell when his crutch slipped on a damp spot on tbe floor, is held insufficient to warrant recovery.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Clarkson, J., April-May Term, 1961, RutheepoRD Superior Court.\nThe plaintiff instituted this civil action to recover damages for personal injury he sustained as a result of a fall while he was a customer in the Howard Johnson Restaurant operated by the defendant.\nAt the close of all the evidence the court entered judgment of non-suit, from which the plaintiff appealed.\nHamrick & Hamrick, By: J. Nat Hamrick, for plaintiff, appellant.\nJones & Jones, By: Robert A. Jones, Hamrick & Jones, for defendant, appellee."
  },
  "file_name": "0359-01",
  "first_page_order": 397,
  "last_page_order": 398
}