Davis v. . R. R.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff administratrix against the defendant for the recovery of damages on account of the alleged negligent killing of plaintiff's intestate, Julian Carr Davis, a sixteen-year-old boy, in the yards of the defendant at Ashevile on 18 November, 1916. Plaintiff's intestate was a messenger boy of the defendant, and was charged with the duty of delivering messages from the yardmaster's office to various employees of the defendant in the railroad yards.

The evidence offered by the plaintiff tended to prove that at the time plaintiff's intestate was killed by the…