Story v. Norfolk & Southern Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by S. G. Story against the Norfolk and Southern Eailroad Company, heard by Judge H. B. Bryan and a jury, at May Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Peequimans County. From a judgment for the plaintiff the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Claeic, O. J.
The plaintiff, having purchased a ticket home, presented himself at the gate 5th June, 1902, at Elizabeth City, when the conductor opened it at the arrival of the train about 10 A. M. The conductor refused to permit him to enter. The plaintiff testified that he put his hand on his breast and pushed him back, saying*: “You cannot go”; that he told the conductor that he had his ticket, that his family was sick and he was sick; that the conductor replied: “You are drunk and cannot go”; that he was refused entrance to the cars and was compelled to walk home, ten miles; that he was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Purcell v. Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1891
- Murphy v. Union Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
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