Jenkins v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN to recover penalty imposed by Revisal, sec. 2632, for a failure to transport freight 'within a reasonable time, tried before Ferguson, J., and a jury, at the Summer Term, 1907, of the Superior Court of Cleveland County. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant noted exceptions and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtOonnoR, J.
The following case is disclosed by the record: On 7 December, 1906, Nissen & Co. delivered to defendant company at Winston-Salem, N. C., one wagon for transportation and delivery to plaintiff at Grover, N. C. The wagon was delivered to plaintiff 12 January, 1907. The distance between the two stations is “more than one hundred and less than two hundred miles.” There was m> testimony tending to “ show the ordinary time required to transport freight from "Winston-Salem to G-rover. Defendant introduced no evidence. Motion for judgment of nonsuit denied. Defendant excepted. This ruling of the…
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