Brendle v. . R. R.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN for damages for personal injuries occasioned by the alleged wanton and willful conduct of defendants’ employees, tried before Btarbuck, Jat June Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of SwaiN County. The whole case is covered by the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Douguas, «T.
This is a civil action for damages against the defendants as receivers of the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company, caused by the alleged negligent and willful conduct of the defendants’ servant in frightening horses driven by the plaintiff.
The plaintiff alleged in his complaint, that while .driving a pair of horses to a hack one-half mile up the Tuckaseigee River from Bryson City, he went into the mouth of Deep Creek to water his horses, and that while his horses were so being watered, the defendant ran one of its trains over the trestle crossing Deep Creek, willfully, wantonly…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Spruill v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
- Cox v. Norfolk & Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
- Everett v. Receivers of Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
- Everett v. . SpencerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
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