Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Smith v. Safe Bus Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 16, 1939Published

1Concurrence

Stacy, C. J.,

concurs in the ruling on the exception to the charge and dissents from the ruling on the motion to nonsuit.

The case is grounded on the decision in Riggs v. R. R., 188 N. C., 366, 124 S. E., 749. There, it was held that “a sudden and violent jerk” of a train which threw the feme plaintiff, a passenger, against *24tbe iron frame of a seat and severely injured ber was sufficient to carry the case to the jury. It is a far cry from the evidence in the Riggs case, supra, to the evidence in the instant case.

The law is well settled and to the effect that a carrier is not liable for the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Marable v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  2. Seidenberg v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  3. Gollis v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
  4. Usury v. . WatkinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
  5. Murphy v. New Orleans Public Service, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1936

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