Howe v. Harper.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN by S. B. Howe against G. W. E. Harper, receiver of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow-Gauge Railroad, and J. G. Hall and David Hemphill, receivers of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow-Gauge Railroad, and the Carolina and Northwestern Railroad, heard by Judge II. R. Starbuck and a jury, at August (special) Term, 1900, of GastoN Superior Court. Erom judgment in favor of defendants, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
The plaintiff was injured on the Chester and
Lenoir Narrow-Gauge Bailroad, March 31, 1894, and the jury have found negligence, and that the damages sustained were $500. The defendants, Hall and Hemphill, had been receivers of the said railroad company, but they had been discharged on March 10, 1894, and the road had been turned over to the company and was being operated by it at the time the plaintiff was injured. Subsequently, in January, 1896, the company was again placed in the hands of a receiver (the defendant, G. W. E. Harper), and its property and franchises were sold under foreclosure…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- W. F. Kornegay & Co. v. Farmers & Merchants' Steamboat Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Silver Valley Mining Co. v. Baltimore Gold & Silver Mining & Smelting Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
- Farris v. Receivers of Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
3Cited by4 opinions
- Lanier v. . Pullman Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1920
- Bridgers v. . StatonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
- Clement v. . KingSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
- Dial v. ChatmanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1934