Alexander v. . R. R.

The plaintiff alleged that in attempting to cross defendant's railroad at the crossing at Fifth Street, in Charlotte, with her horse and (722) buggy, she was carelessly and negligently run into by defendant's shifting engine, and that she was injured in her person and property — her buggy broken, her horse frightened and thereby rendered less easily manageable, and her shoulder bruised, causing a permanent injury to her right arm, and claimed $1,900 damages.

Defendant denied that plaintiff's injuries were caused by its engine, and charged plaintiff with a failure to exercise ordinary care in…