Coley v. North Carolina Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Samuel S. Coley against the North Carolina Railroad Company, beard by Judge W. A. Hoke and a jury, at February Term, 1900, of the Superior Court of Wake County. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
MONTGOMERY and COOK, J. J., dissenting. This is an action for injuries by the defendant road. In the case it is stated that the defendant, North Carolina Railroad, had been leased to the Southern before the injury complained of was received, and that the Southern was in possession and operating the same at that time. But (535) as no point was made as to this fact on the trial of the case, nor on appeal, we will give it no further attention.
The plaintiff was an experienced railroad man, having been engaged in railroad work for more than twenty years, and had been in the employ of the defendant…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Cowles v. Richmond & Danville RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
- Pleasants v. Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
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