Carter v. Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AotioN by W. W. Carter, administrator of Gr. Carrigan, against the Southern Railway Company, heard by Judge TP. B. Allen, at November Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Iebdbll County. Erom a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
All of the exceptions of the defendant may be considered under the one to the refusal of the Court below to dismiss the action on the motion of the defendant to have the plaintiff nonsuited because there was no evidence tending to show negligence on the part of the defendant in the killing of the plaintiff’s intestate. There was evidence going to show that the intestate was found dead lying right along the side of the railroad track; that blood and flesh and human hair were seen on the track between the rails a few steps from the intestate’s body; that one arm and one foot were cut off, the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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