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Patrick v. Richmond & Danville Railroad

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 5, 1885PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Pleading — Variance—Evidence—Agent. Civil ActioN, tried before Philips, Judge, and a jury at Spring Term, 1885, of Mecklenburg Superior Court. The facts fully appear in the opinion. The plaintiff, in submission to the rulings of his Honor, took a non-suit and appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.

The plaintiff' and the president of the defendant company, acting upon its behalf, entered iuto the following contract:

“This agreement, made the first day of August, 1876, between the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company of the first part, and F. E. Patrick of the second part, witnesseth: That whereas the said F. E. Patrick is now operating and proposes to operate, a cotton compress in the town of Charlotte, N. C., at present located on the cotton platform of said company in said town, and for the sake of convenience of access to the railroad of the party of the first part, and.in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jones v. . MialSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Skinner v. . TerrySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  2. Watkins v. Kaolin Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1902
  3. Hancock v. YoureeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  4. Scarlett v. . NorwoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
  5. Johnson v. . LoftinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1892

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