McAdoo v. . Railroad

* Head-noted by AVERY, J. The second paragraph of the complaint was as follows: "That on the said 17th day of February, 1886, the plaintiff, coming from his usual place of business was walking upon track of the defendant's North Carolina Division, as he has been in the habit of doing for several years without objection from the defendant, within the corporate limits of the city of Greensboro, where, owing to the gross negligence of the defendant's servant, he was struck from behind by a locomotive engine belonging to the defendant and operated by its agent, and was violently thrown from the…