Rushing v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Defendant’s Appeal. ActioN tried before Jones, J., and a jury, June Term, 1908, of ANSON. Both sides appealed. DEFENDANT'S APPEAL. PLAINTIFF'S APPEAL.
1Opinion of the Court
DEFENDANT'S APPEAL. Action of damages for injuries caused by defendant's negligence. Under orders of the foreman the plaintiff and three others took in their hands a stick of lumber, which was lying partly submerged in the water, and walked sideways with it, and while trying to climb up a five foot embankment the plaintiff stumbled and fell. The stick of timber fell on him, injuring him. Plaintiff testified that the defendant had for years used lug hooks in such work, which grasp a stick of timber; that if the lug hooks had been used on this occasion he would have walked forward, instead of…
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