Harrill v. Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by R. N. ITarrill against tbe South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad Company, beard by Judge B. F. Long and a jury, at September Term, 1901, of tbe Superior Court of Rutherford County. Eróm a judgment for tbe plaintiff tbe defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtConnor, J.
The plaintiff alleged that bis intestate, Jake Metcalf, was, on and before April 20, 1901, employed by tbe defendant as a locomotive engineer, and was on said day engaged in running an engine carrying cars from Blacks-burg, S. C., to Marion, N. C. That while so engaged be was killed by tbe falling of a bridge or trestle, being a part of defendant’s track over Buffalo Creek in South Carolina. That said trestle was on said day, by reason of defendant’s negligence, in a defective and dangerous condition and by reason thereof gave way and fell, causing tbe death of bis intestate. Defendant denied…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bodie v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1901
- Rocky Mount Mills v. Wilmington & Weldon RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
- Hart v. . the Rensselaer and Saratoga Rail Road Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1853
- Bradley v. O. R. & C. Ry. Co.United States District Court · 1897