Leggett v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Bond, J., at March Term, 1914, of Martih. Civil action to recover for negligently causing death of plaintiff’s intestate. On motion made by defendant, in apt time, there was judgment dismissing action’as on nonsuit, and plaintiff excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtIIoke, J.
There was evidence on part of plaintiff tending to show that, on the night of 9 December, 1909, the intestate, with another, was in the waiting-room of defendant’s passenger station at Everett, N. C., with the purpose of taking next train to 'Williamston, N. C.; that the train was late and the schedule time was 6 p. m., at that time after dark; that the station was alongside of the tracks, some 18 feet from the main line, was something over 3 feet above the ground, and had a platform all around it without railing; that the tracks ran north and south and the platform next the tracks was…
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