Wright v. Fries Manufacturing & Power Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN tried before Moore, Jand a jury, at September Term, 1907, of Eoesyti-i. This action was brought- by the feme plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries. The court submitted these issues: “1. Was the plaintiff M. C. Wright injured by the negligence of the defendant, as alleged in the complaint?” Answer: “Yes.” “2. What amount of damages, if any, is tbe plaintiff M. 0. Wright entitled to recover?” Answer: “Two hundred dollars.”
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ActioN tried before Moore, Jand a jury, at September Term, 1907, of Eoesyti-i. This action was brought- by the feme plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries. The court submitted these issues: “1. Was the plaintiff M. C. Wright injured by the negligence of the defendant, as alleged in the complaint?” Answer: “Yes.” “2. What amount of damages, if any, is tbe plaintiff M. 0. Wright entitled to recover?” Answer: “Two hundred dollars.” Erom the judgment rendered the defendant appealed. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBbowN, J.
The feme plaintiff claims to have been injured in a collision between defendant’s electric street railway car and the wagon in which she was riding, on 28 August, 1903. There was evidence tending to prove that plaintiff was in a covered wagon driven by her son, going up Liberty Street in the city of Winston; that defendant’s car was going up the same street at the speed of six miles an hour; that in order to pass the vehicle of a Mrs. Tesh the driver of the wagon reined his team to the left and onto the street railway track. Looking back through his covered wagon and seeing the car coming, he…
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