Legal Opinion

Pleasants v. Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line Railroad

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 5, 1886PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Civil ACTION, tried before Clark, Judge, and a jury, at February Term, 1886, of Chatham: Superior Court. There was a judgment on the verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

Mérrimos-, J.

In this case, what is intended to be the case stated on appeal simply states the substance of the pleadings, the issues, the evidence, the instructions of the Court to the jury, the findings upon the issues submitted to them, and the judgment. No exceptions appear to have been taken, and no errors are assigned. There is nothing in the record that shows in terms, or by reasonable implication, that the appellant was in any respect dissatisfied with the rulings of the Court or the judgment, except the appeal.

Now, manifestly, this is not a compliance with the statute (The Code §550,)…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad v. BarberOhio Supreme Court · 1856
  2. Bost v. . BostSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1882
  3. Smith v. North Carolina R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1870
  4. Fry v. . CurrieSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  5. Johnson v. Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1879

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. McKinnon v. . MorrisonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
  2. Mason v. Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1892
  3. Coley v. North Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
  4. Porter v. Western North Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887
  5. Hudson v. Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889

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