Pruett v. Charlotte Power Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeab by defendant from Adams, J., at-March Term, 1914, of Meck-lENbueg. Civil action to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s intestate, caused by the alleged negligence of defendant company. There was verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtIIoke, J.
From a perusal of the facts in evidence, it appears that this cause was instituted by issuance of the summons on 5 August, 1912.
At November Term, 1913, on petition duly verified and accompanied by proper bond, defendants applied for removal of cause to the Federal court on the ground of diversity of citizenship, and the application having been denied at said term, defendants appealed to Supreme Court, filing proper bond, the record constituting the case on appeal.
The appeal was duly docketed in the Court on 2 April, 1914. The same was heard in the week assigned to causes of Fourteenth…
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