Stout v. Valle Crucis, Shawneehaw & Elk Park Turnpike Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Webb, J., at the Spring Term, 1910, of ‘Wa-tauga. Civil action to recover for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate. These issues were submitted: 1. Was the death of plaintiff’s intestate caused by the negligence of the defendant? Answer: Yes. 2. What damage is plaintiff entitled to recover by reason of such negligence? Answer: $4,000. The court rendered judgment for plaintiff and defendant appealed.
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Appeal from Webb, J., at the Spring Term, 1910, of ‘Wa-tauga. Civil action to recover for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate. These issues were submitted: 1. Was the death of plaintiff’s intestate caused by the negligence of the defendant? Answer: Yes. 2. What damage is plaintiff entitled to recover by reason of such negligence? Answer: $4,000. The court rendered judgment for plaintiff and defendant appealed. The facts are stated fully in the opinion of Mr. Justice Brown.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The defendant is a resident corporation created under the laws of the State of North Carolina (Private Laws of 1891, chapter 291), and was operating a turnpike road with toll gates over the road and collecting tolls from the patrons of said road between the towns of Yalle Crucis, in the county of Wa-tauga, and Elk Park, in the county of Mitchell.
It appears that at the point on defendant’s road where the plaintiff’s intestate was injured the roadbed was a solid causeway built up across a hollow or^gulch between two ridges, and that such causeway was constructed of logs, rocks and earth. That…
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