Shaw v. Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Mrs. Bessie Shaw against Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, heard before Judge Henry R. Bryan and a jury, at the March Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of MECKLENBURG.
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ActioN by Mrs. Bessie Shaw against Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, heard before Judge Henry R. Bryan and a jury, at the March Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of MECKLENBURG. This was a civil action for the recovery of damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff as the .result of an alleged fall from the front platform of one of the defendant’s passenger-cars while a passenger thereon on the night of 26 February, 1905, at a point about three-quarters of a mile west of Matthews, N. C., which fall, it is claimed, was caused by the sudden and violent jerking of the train. The Court submitted…
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, C. J., and HOKE, J., dissenting. This was a civil action for the recovery of damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff as the result of an alleged fall from the front platform of one of the defendant's passenger cars while a passenger thereon on the night of 26 February, 1905, at a point about three-quarters of a mile west of Matthews, N.C. which fall, it is claimed, was caused by the sudden and violent jerking of the train. The Court submitted the usual issues of negligence, contributory negligence and damage. The jury found the issues for the plaintiff and assessed her damages.…
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