Brown v. Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action by J. R. Brown, against the Southern Railway Company, beard by Judge M. H. Justice and a jury, at the July Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of McDowell. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The plaintiff offered evidence tending to prove that his mule was killed on the defendant’s track at a crossing by coming in contact with a box car which partly obstructed the crossing, and which bad been negligently left there for some time in such position by the defendant’s agents. There was a motion for judgment of nonsuit, and this being denied the defendant excepted. The defendant offered no evidence.
After the argument was begun, the defendant asked to tender the witnesses summoned by it to the counsel for the plaintiff. This was done in order that they might be taxed in the event the…
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