Wagoner v. North Carolina Railroad

The defendants assign as Error No. One the denial of the defendants’ motions for nonsuit made at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence. The defendants offered no evidence. The defendants further assign as errors the court’s refusal to submit issues of negligence and contributory negligence, as requested by tbe defendants, and tbe court’s submitting only tbe issue as to willful or wanton negligence; and also assigns as errors parts of tbe charge, and part of tbe argument of one of counsel for tbe plaintiff.

We shall discuss first tbe motions for judgment of nonsuit, for if those motions should…