Bowley v. Richmond & Danville Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Application to remove cause to United States Circuit Court, heard before Boylciv, J., at November Term, 1891, of Iredell Superior Court. It appears that the plaintiff is a citizen of the State of Georgia, and was such at the time he brought this action in the Superior Court of Iredell County against the defendants to recover damages to the amount of $10,000, occasioned by their alleged negligence.
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Application to remove cause to United States Circuit Court, heard before Boylciv, J., at November Term, 1891, of Iredell Superior Court. It appears that the plaintiff is a citizen of the State of Georgia, and was such at the time he brought this action in the Superior Court of Iredell County against the defendants to recover damages to the amount of $10,000, occasioned by their alleged negligence. The defendant, the Western North Carolina Railroad Company, is a corporation of this State with its principal place of business in the Western District of North Carolina, and the defendant, the…
1Opinion of the CourtMerrimon, C. J.
after stating the facts: The complaint alleges “that the said Western North Carolina Railroad Company and the Richmond and Danville Railroad Com pany, on the 27th day of August, 1891, and for a long time previous thereto, as the plaintiff is informed and believes, were, and up to the present time are, engaged as common carriers of passengers, baggage and freight for hire along a line of railroad belonging to the Western North Carolina Railroad Company, from Salisbury to Paint Rock in the State of North Carolina.”
It further alleges that the injury complained of was occasioned by the negligence…
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