Hannah v. Richmond & Danville Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN tried at Spring Term, 1882, of Rowan Superior Court, before Eure, J. The action is for damages, and was begun by the plaintiff on the 15th of August, 1876, in the superior court of Davidson county, and after the pleadings were put in, was removed for trial to the county of Rowan. The plaintiff having died, his administrator, J. P. Hannah, at spring term, 1881, came into court and was made a party plaintiff and allowed to prosecute the suit.
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Civil ActioN tried at Spring Term, 1882, of Rowan Superior Court, before Eure, J. The action is for damages, and was begun by the plaintiff on the 15th of August, 1876, in the superior court of Davidson county, and after the pleadings were put in, was removed for trial to the county of Rowan. The plaintiff having died, his administrator, J. P. Hannah, at spring term, 1881, came into court and was made a party plaintiff and allowed to prosecute the suit. Upon an intimation by the court that the plaintiff could not recover, he submitted to a nonsuit and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff purchased a ticket (for $2.75) from the defendant’s agent at Thomasville for a passage on the defendant’s train thence to Charlotte, and that while travelling on the train as he was entitled to do under the contract, he was forcibly expelled from the car, in which he was seated,' at China Grove station, intermediate between the .place of starting and of his destination, by the defendant, its agents and servants, in disregard of the agreement for. carriage, whereby he was wronged, and suffered indignities, the damages for which he seeks a recovery in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Frœlich v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1872
- F. E. Winslow v. . Henry Weith, SheriffSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1872
- Peebles v. . N.C. R. R. Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1869
3Cited by6 opinions
- Bolick v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Bowers v. Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Scarlett v. . NorwoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- Harper v. Commissioners of Nash CountySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
- Purcell v. Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1891
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