Capps v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Allen, J., at November Term, 1921, of WlLSON. Civil action to recover damages for an alleged negligent injury and wrongful killing.
1Opinion of the CourtStacy, J.
Tbe following statement of tbe case will suffice for our present decision:
Tbe plaintiff’s intestate, I. M. Williamson, was employed as a carpenter by tbe Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, and on 16 August, *1831915, “while making investigation as to bow to repair a section of tbe steps of a coal cbute” at South Richmond, Ya., be received injuries from which he died three days thereafter, 19 August.
On 15 May, 1916, plaintiff instituted suit in the Superior Court of Wilson County, North Carolina. Complaint was duly filed, specifically setting up a cause of action based on the Federal…
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