Urquhart v. . R. R.

The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr.Chief Justice Clark. This is an action to recover damages for personal injury caused by the negligence of the defendant. The defendant took ninety-four exceptions, but abandoned fifty-one of them in this Court.

While the record is voluminous and the exceptions numerous, the matter for decision lies in a very small compass. The (583) case comes within the principles of law laid down in Coley v. R. R.,128 N.C. 534; S. c., 129 N.C. 407. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant 1 December, 1907, as a brakeman on its road.…