Lewis v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action by Eletcber Lewis, by bis next friend, against the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, heard by Judge Thomas A. McNeill and a jury, at November Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Person County. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the wanton and wilful conduct of the defendant through one of its employees. The plaintiff in his complaint alleges that he was induced by the defendant’s agent to leave his home in Person County in North Carolina and go to Rad-ford in Virginia to work for the defendant on its railroad, n'ear that place; that after a few days’ work for the defendant he was discharged without cause and without pay for his labor; that, without free transportation or without having purchased a…
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