Edwards v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by J. W. Edwards, administrator of W. B. Edwards, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, heard by Judge Francis D. Winsíon and a jury, at November Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Wilson county. From a judgment for the plaintiff the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages, under the statute for the death of his intestate, which he alleges was caused by the negligence of the defendant. The case has been here before and will be found reported in 129 N. C., at p. 78.
The intestate was driving in a buggy along Goldsboro Street in the town of Wilson and was killed at Herring’s Crossing by a south bound passenger train of the defendant, while attempting to cross the defendant’s track at that point where the street and track intersect.
There was conflicting evidence as to the giving of the usual signals for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Edwards v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
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