Seawell v. Carolina Central Railroad

Glare, C. T.

This is a petition to* .rehear our opinion in this case, 132 N. C., 856. The chief exception relied on is' the refusal of the Judge to non-suit the plaintiff, on the ground that there was no evidence. The plaintiff, who was a candidate for Lieutenant-Governor of this State, had gone *516in Ms canvass of the State to speak at a town where tbe party whose candidate he was was unpopular. He went bach to the railroad station to take the train, and while at the station, with a mileage ticket in his pocket, awaiting the arrival of the train, a mob came up and threw eggs at him, striking him…