Hinshaw v. Raleigh & Augusta Air Line R. R.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION, tried before Brown, J., at December Term, 1895, of Forsyth Superior Court. There was a verdict and judgment for $6,000, in favor of plaintiff. Defendant appealed. The facts are sufficiently set out in the opinion of Judge Furohes.
1Opinion of the Court
Furches, J.:
The plaintiff was a passenger on defendant’s road from Pittsboro to, Ealeigh, and it was necessary to change cars at Moncure. On the approach to Moncure, the car, in which the plaintiff was, stopped on a curved embankment, about three hundred yards from the platform at the station.. Here the conductor told the passengers to get off, which they did, at the rear end of the car — the other passengers going in advance of plaintiff. It was about six feet from the bottom of the ditch on the side of the road to the top of the embankment, and two or three feet from the top of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Burgin v. Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- Robt. W. Glenn v. . the Charlotte S.C. R. R. Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1869
- Thornburgh v. . MastinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1885
- Vincent v. . CorbinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
- Watkins v. Raleigh & Augusta Air Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
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