Howard v. Southern Railway Co.

This cause was decided at the last term (131 N. C., 829) and disposed of by a per curiam opinion, Upon a petition to rehear the case was argued and full and exhaustive briefs filed by counsel. We have carefully considered the record and the briefs and are of the opinion that the case was propely decided at the last term of the court.

Upon the plaintiff’s evidence it appeared that he was an employee of the defendant and was travelling from Salisbury to Gold Hill on a freight train, consisting of six or more box cars and some shanty cars; that he was sitting on the steps of one of the shanty…