Parker v. Wilmington & Weldon Railroad

Ashe, 3".

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari as a •substitute for an appeal in this case. The action was to recover damages on account of the negligent killing of the plaintiff’s intestate, by a train of cars run under the management-of the-defendant company. The trial resulted adversely to the plaintiff, and judgment against him and the sureties-on his -prosecution bond was signed by the judge on the 26th day of September, 1879.

'The petition states that before the adjournment of the •court, ©ne of the counsel for the plaintiff requested one of the counsel for the defendant to give…