Nonce v. Richmond & D. R. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western North Carolina
At Law. Action for personal injuries. This was an action brought by W. H. Nonce against the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained while performing his duties as an employe of the defendant. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant moved for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
ON THE TRIAL.
Bond, J.,
{charging¡ury.) -If the jury find from the evidence that the plaintiff, being an employe of the defendant company, was injured in the manner alleged in his complaint while he was in the performance of his duty as such employe, by means of the fault or negligence of another employe of the company (whose orders he was bound to obey) engaged in switching off and making up trains, then he is entitled to a verdict for such damages as the jury may find will compensate him for his injuries. . But if the jury find from the evidence that the injury to the plaintiff was occasioned…
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