Legal Opinion

Tillett v. . R. R.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 5, 1894PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Among other instructions asked by counsel for (665) defendant were the following:

"8. If the jury believe and should find from the evidence that Walker, the conductor, told the plaintiff to wait at the platform of the station and he would have the passenger car pulled up in front of the station for him to get on, and the plaintiff disregarded what the conductor said to him and went aboard the car before it was coupled, then he took upon himself all the risk incident to so doing, contributed to his own injury and in this aspect of the case plaintiff cannot recover."
"16. If the jury find from…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Edwards v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
  2. Benton v. . CollinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
  3. Johnson v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
  4. Everett v. Receivers of Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
  5. State v. MorganSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1904

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Hubbard v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1932
  2. State v. . StarnesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  3. Johnson v. LewisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  4. Templeton v. . KelleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  5. Morrow v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1908

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