Murdock v. Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Foushee, J., at November Term, 1911, of Mitchell. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in tbe opinion of tbe Court by Mr. Chief Justice Ciarle.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
Tbis is an action for personal injury. There was evidence that tbe plaintiff and others were engaged in carrying with their bands heavy steel rails, weighing about 850 pounds each. Under the direction of a foreman they were required to do tbis, causing them to walk sideways. Tbe plaintiff alleges tbat if steel tongs bad been furnished, tbe ráils could have been carried much more conveniently and when laid down would not have bounced and have injured him, tbis being tbe manner in which be was hurt.
Tbe first exception is tbat the_ plaintiff was allowed to state whether or not in placing a rail…
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- Britt v. Carolina Northern RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
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