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Opinion

Hill v. . Board of Aldermen of Charlotte

  • 72 N.C. 55
Court
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Filed
Jan 5, 1875
Status
Published
On the bench
Rodman
Cited by
39 cases

holding that the plaintiff could not recover from the city for fire damage to his property caused by firecrackers because the decision of the municipal authorities to suspend temporarily an ordinance prohibiting firecrackers was within the authorities’ discretion

How later courts described this case

  • holding that the plaintiff could not recover from the city for fire damage to his property caused by firecrackers because the decision of the municipal authorities to suspend temporarily an ordinance prohibiting firecrackers was within the authorities’ discretion

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Judgment reversed and demurrer sustained. *Page 59

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