Odom v. Canfield Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Devin, J., at December Term, 1916, of ONSLOW.
1Opinion of the Court
ALLEN, J., dissenting; WALKER, J., concurring in dissent. The plaintiff was an employee of the defendant, cutting wood, rafting logs, driving the loading horse, and working on the railroad. It was the custom, known to the company and employees, that the men rode to and from their work on defendant's log train, and a whistle always sounded a short time before the engine started to give them notice that the engine was ready to move.
On this occasion the skidder was being jacked up on the car by the usual method of jacking it up, letting the car go under it and then lowering the skidder down upon…
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- Drum v. MillerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
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- Ward v. North Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
- Murdock v. Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
- State ex rel. Brown v. MitchellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
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