Edwards v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Actioh by J. W. Edwards, administrator of W. B. Edwards, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, heard by Judge A. L. Ooble and a jury, at May Term, 1901, of the Superior Court of WilsoN County. From a judgment for the defendant, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas., J.
Tbis is an action brought bj the administrator to recover damages for tbe death of his intestate, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of - the defendant.
It is admitted that the intestate was killed by the defendant’s engine about 2 o’clock in the day time, at a street-crossing within the corporate limits of the city of Wilson; and that there was an ordinance of said city reading tas follows: "’‘That any engineer of a railroad company who shall run any train in the city at a speed exceeding ten miles an hour, or who shall fail to'ring the hell while in the city, shall be subject to a…
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