Legal Opinion
Trust Co. v. . R. R.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 22, 1936PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an action for actionable negligence, brought by plaintiff against all of the defendants as joint tort-feasors, alleging damage.
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, as executor of E. D. Vaughn, commenced an action in the Superior Court of Forsyth County against the Southern Railway Company, J. H. Richardson, and J. P. Stanton, seeking to recover for the alleged wrongful death of E. D. Vaughn, who was killed by a passenger train of the defendant Southern Railway Company at the Fifth Street crossing in the city of Winston-Salem, N.C. on 11 April, 1934.
The plaintiff Wachovia Bank and Trust…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Powers v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. SchwyhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. IdeSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Cole v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
- Universal Underwriters Insurance v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Harris v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
- Lackey v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
- Harper v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
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