Mangum v. North Carolina Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, tried at February Term, 1901, of Wake Superior Court, before Jones, J., and a jury. These» issues were submitted: 1. Was plaintiff injured by tbe negligence of tbe defendant, as alleged in the complaint ? Ans. “Yes.” 2. Did plaintiff, by bis own negligence, contribute to tbe in jury complained of ? Ans. “No.” 3. What damage, . if any, is plaintiff entitled to recover ? Ans. “$7,500.” From tbe judgment rendered defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBeowN, J.
Tbe evidence tends to prove that tbe plaintiff, on tbe night of 4 July, 1908, was a passenger on defendant’s train, en route from Ealeigb to Danville, Va. He passed through the gates of the defendant’s station at Ealeigh, and as he was waiting along the platform used by passengers to reach the cars he was run into- and seriously injured by a truck loaded with newspapers. It was in evidence that the man in charge of the truck was not employed by the railroad, but was employed by a newspaper, and it was his business to handle the newspaper mail. When the newspaper mail reaches the station in…
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