Summerlin v. Carolina & North-Western Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Eiffie Summerlin against the Carolina and Nortb-western Railroad Company, beard by Judge T. J. Shaw and a jury, at February Term, 1903, of tbe Superior Court of Gaston Cbunty. From a judgment for tbe defendant tbe plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWaleeb, J.
Tbis action was brought by tbe plaintiff, wbo is a minor and sues by ber next friend, to recover damages for injuries alleged to bave been caused by tbe defendant’s negligence. Tbe ease turns upon tbe correctness of tbe rulings of tbe Court upon tbe evidence, and so mucb of tbe testimony of tbe plaintiff as we need consider was as folows:
J. W. Siummeadin testified that be and bis wife and child (tbe plaintiff) were passengers on tbe defendant’s train from Gastonia in this State to Yorkville, S. O., on tbe 13th day of June, 1901, and that when the train arrived at Yorkville they tried to get…
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