Roberson v. Greenleaf Johnson Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Peebles, J., at December Term, 1910, of MaRTIN. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in tbe opinion of Mr. Chief Justice Cla/rTc.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
Action for wrongful death of plaintiff’s intestate, an employee of tbe defendant company, wbo bad boarded its train, as was bis custom, to return borne at night from bis work. Tbe complaint alleges that on reaching the place where said intestate was accustomed to alight, the said train stopped, and while said intestate was getting off said train the engine was suddenly and carelessly, without notice or warning, jerked forward by the negligent operation of the engine, throwing said intestate violently to the ground so that the cars ran over him, causing his death.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
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