McCord v. Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by David J. McCord against the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway Company, heard by Judge W. H. Neal and a jury, at July Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of MbcKLENbubg County.
1Opinion of the CourtCt.atr.tc, C. J.
The plaintiff had his arm knocked back against the window-frame of the car in which he was traveling as a passenger, and his arm broken in two places by the mail pouch, which had been hung up by the side of the track at a flag station to be taken off by the succeeding train. The evidence of the plaintiff was that his hand was not over five, inches outside the car, while the evidence for the defendant tended to show that it was much farther. The Court charged the jury: “If this mail pouch was hung up in the usual way and the plaintiffs hand was out of the window when the train passed, and the…
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