Legal Opinion

Cashatt v. . Brown

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 17, 1937PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtClaRKSON, J.

We do not think the nonsuit can be sustained.

The allegations of the complaint and the evidence were to the effect that the Baughn’s Crossing was used prior to the construction of defendant’s road and since its construction, “the public and other persons who desired to visit the place and persons who occupied said two houses eon- stantly and habitually used said crossing, and said usage was acquiesced in and approved by said defendant company.”

In Stone v. R. R.; 197 N. C., 429 (431), it is said:' “The duty of a railroad company with respect to the maintenance of a crossing over its track,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Moore v. Chicago Bridge & Iron WorksSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922
  2. Elder v. Plaza RailwaySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  3. Moore v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1931
  4. Goforth v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
  5. Stone v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1929

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bundy v. . PowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
  2. Parrish v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
  3. Spivey v. NewmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1950
  4. Parrish v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
  5. Cline v. Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940

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