Corruthers v. . R. R.

Civil actions, consolidated for the purpose of trial, in which plaintiff as administrator in each case seeks to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of his two intestates.

The two intestates, Herbert L. Burroughs and Luther Burroughs, were on 16 October, 1936, passengers on a Ford automobile being driven by one Winifred McNeil on North Carolina Highway No. 61. When the automobile reached the point where said highway crosses the track of defendant's railroad near Climax it was struck by one of defendant's trains and all of the occupants of the car were killed.

There was evidence that…