Legal Opinion

Horne v. . R. R.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 12, 1916PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, C. J., concurring; HOKE, J., concurring in part; WALKER, J., dissenting; BROWN, J., concurring in the dissenting opinion. (646) Action to recover damages for wrongful death, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.

Plaintiff's intestate was a section foreman of the defendant. He had been at word at New Berlin, and on the night he was killed he and other employees of the defendant went to Farmers on a hand-car. He was killed on his return, at night, by an engine of the defendant, which, according to the evidence of the plaintiff, had no headlight.

The evidence of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McNeill v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
  2. Shepherd v. North Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
  3. Cullifer v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
  4. Boney v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
  5. Griffin v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Godwin v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  2. Smith v. . SinkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  3. Elder v. Plaza RailwaySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  4. Bailey v. North Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
  5. Nowell v. BasnightSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923

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