Kinney v. North Carolina Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION for damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff resulting from the alleged negligence of lessee of defendant company, tried before Mclver, J., and a jury at March Term, 1898, of Davidson Superior Court. The facts appear in the opinion. There was a verdict for the plaintiff awarding him $20,000 damages and from the judgment thereon the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Douglas, J.:
This is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries received in a collision at Harrisburg, N. 0., on the 11th day of April, 3 896.
The plaintiff was engineer of train No. 11, which was the local passenger train going south. He started from Danville on the morning of the 11th for Charlotte, leaving Danville some forty minutes late. When he reached Salisbury he received the followiug telegraphic order, from the office of W. B. Ryder, Superintendent at Charlotte, viz:
c ‘SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, )
April 11th, 189†. )
For Salisbury, C. & E.- No. 11.
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