Gilliam v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendants from Calvert, J., at September Term, 1919, of CUMBERLAND. Tbis is an action against tbe Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and Walker D. Hines, Director General, for tbe recovery of damages for personal injuries sustained by tbe plaintiff 6 November, 1918, on bis return to Fayetteville from Camp Bragg,where be was a carpenter employed by Government contractors.
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Appeal by defendants from Calvert, J., at September Term, 1919, of CUMBERLAND. Tbis is an action against tbe Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and Walker D. Hines, Director General, for tbe recovery of damages for personal injuries sustained by tbe plaintiff 6 November, 1918, on bis return to Fayetteville from Camp Bragg,where be was a carpenter employed by Government contractors. He testified that be was residing in Fayette-ville, and eacb day went out to tbe camp site on a “shuttle train” composed of cattle and box cars, which left early in tbe morning, and returned to tbe city late in…
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
The counsel for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad contend that the company is not liable in an action for damages because its line was under operation and control of the Government, under the general supervision of its codefendant, Walker D. Hines, Director General. But they admitted that the company was being so operated under a lease made by it to the United States Government, which lease was authorized by an act of Congress, 29 August, 1916, ch. 418; U. S. Compiled Statutes, 1918, sec. 1974a. Under the act of Congress the president was "empowered to take possession and assume control of any…
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