Clark v. Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil Action for damages tried at Spring Term, 1884, of Halifax Superior Court, before Avery, J. The plaintiff sues to recover damages for ejection from defendant’s passenger car. On the 14th of June, 1883, the plaintiff got on the defendant’s train at Whitaker’s depot to be carried to Battle-boro depot, about four miles distant.
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Civil Action for damages tried at Spring Term, 1884, of Halifax Superior Court, before Avery, J. The plaintiff sues to recover damages for ejection from defendant’s passenger car. On the 14th of June, 1883, the plaintiff got on the defendant’s train at Whitaker’s depot to be carried to Battle-boro depot, about four miles distant. The fare between these stations was twenty-five cents, and when about half way between them, the plaintiff was ejected from the car by the conductor. It was in evidence that before the train reached Whitaker’s the plaintiff applied to one Powell for money to pay his…
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The plaintiff sues to recover damages for ejection from defendant's passenger car.
On the 14th of June, 1883, the plaintiff got on the defendant's train at Whitaker's depot to be carried to Battleboro depot, about four miles distant. The fare between these stations was twenty-five cents, and when about half way between them, the plaintiff was ejected from the car by the conductor.
It was in evidence that before the train reached Whitaker's the plaintiff applied to one Powell for money to pay his fare, and Powell told him he would pay it on the train; and just before the train reached the depot…
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