Smith v. Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Fred. Smith against the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway Company, heard by Judge Thomas J. Shaw and a jury, at January Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtConnor, J.
The plaintiff being in the employment of the lessee of the defendant was on the date of the injury complained of sent to paint switch targets, and at the time of the injury was painting a target the center of which was four feet from the center of the west rail of the defendant’s track. The flange of the switch target extended from the center of the target toward the rail six inches. The engine extended over the track and towards the switch target as follows: Tender frame 23 1-2 inches, punch pole 24 inches, the step he-*820tween the engine and tender 29 inches and the cylinder 26 inches. While…
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