Parker Ex Rel. Parker v. Charlotte Electric Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Shaw, J., at November Term, 1914, of MeckleNbueg. Civil action. At tbe conclusion of tbe plaintiff’s evidence tbe court sustained tbe motion to nonsuit. Tbe plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBeowN, J.
Tbis action is brought by tbe plaintiff, a boy 13 years of age, to recover damages for an injury sustained on account of bis touching an electric feed wire of tbe defendant. Tbe evidence proves that tbis feed wire ran under a bridge maintained by tbe defendant over a cut between tbe city of Charlotte and tbe village of Hoskins.
Tbe ears of tbe defendant ran underneath tbis bridge, and under it are its trolley wires and feed wires. Tbe feed wire is about 12 inches below and underneath tbe bridge. Several boys were playing on tbis bridge, tbe plaintiff being among them. One of tbe boys reached…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Trout v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
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