Capps v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, tried before Bond, J., at February Term, 1919, of WilsoN, to recover damages for alleged negligent killing of plaintiff's intestate. The plaintiff sues, and insists on his right to recover, under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act, and it is admitted that defendant company at the time was a railroad corporation engaged as a common carrier in transporting inter- and intrastate commerce.
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Civil actioN, tried before Bond, J., at February Term, 1919, of WilsoN, to recover damages for alleged negligent killing of plaintiff's intestate. The plaintiff sues, and insists on his right to recover, under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act, and it is admitted that defendant company at the time was a railroad corporation engaged as a common carrier in transporting inter- and intrastate commerce. There were also facts in evidence tending to show that at the time of the killing, August, 1815, intestate was a member of a carpenter force in the employment of the defendant company, and as…
1ConcurrenceClark, C. J.
The plaintiff sues, and insists on his right to recover, under the Federal Employer's Liability Act, and it is admitted that defendant company at the time was a railroad corporation engaged as a common carrier in transporting inter- and intrastate commerce. There were also facts in evidence tending to show that at the time of the killing, August, 1915, intestate was a member of a carpenter force in the employment of the defendant company, and as such was engaged in repairing a coal chute of defendant situated in the city of Richmond, Va., one of defendant's principal terminals, when the steps…
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