McNeill v. Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PetxtioN to rebear tbis case, reported/in 132 N. C., 510.
1Opinion of the Court
This is a rehearing of the case originally decided in 132 N.C. 510, 95 Am. St. Rep., 641. We fully concur in our former opinion as to the illegality of the contract by which the defendant agreed to give to the plaintiff free personal transportation to an unlimited extent in consideration of certain advertising. The only ground on which we allow the petition is that the plea in pari delicto, applying solely to the contract of carriage, is not a defense to an action for personal injuries caused by the negligence of the defendant.
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