Legal Opinion
Johnson v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided September 27, 1961No. 20PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMooRE, J.
It is admitted in the pleadings that the railroad is owned by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company (hereinafter referred to as A.C.L.), that the Southern Railway Company (hereinafter called “Southern”) by agreement with A.C.L. operates freight trains on and over this railroad, and that the freight train involved in the alleged collision was owned and operated by Southern.
“It is a well-established principle of law that a railroad company which admits another railroad company to the joint common use of its tracks is liable for the negligent acts of such company in the enjoyment of such use,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Johnson v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
- Harrison v. North Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
- Godwin v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
- Cooper v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Norton v. North Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Evelyn Edmondson Bland v. Norfolk and Southern Railroad Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Southern Railway Co. v. O'Boyle Tank Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1984
- Cox v. GallamoreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1966
- Ramey v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1964
- Kinlaw v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANYSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
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