Coleman v. Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AotioN by Chas. Coleman against the Southern Railway Company, heard by Judge O. H. Allen and a jury, at the January Term, 1905, of MjeciclenbuRG Superior Court. Erom a judgment of nonsuit, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
On 5 February, 1905, about 8:30 a.m., the plaintiff went to the defendant's station in Concord to take the southbound train for Harrisburg. Two southbound trains were, according to schedule, expected soon thereafter; the first (which had been due since 7:23), No. 33, was a through train which did not stop at Harrisburg; the other, No. 11, due at 9 :10, was a local passenger train which did stop there. The plaintiff went to the ticket window and asked for a ticket; the agent told him the through train was ahead and he could not sell him a ticket on the local train till the through train…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Ry. Co. v. BirneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Heirn v. M'CaughanMississippi Supreme Court · 1856
- Phillips v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. CarrCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1889
- Hansley v. Jamesville & Washington RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
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- Ingle v. Roy Stone Transfer CorporationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967