Legal Opinion
Pettit v. . R. R.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided October 4, 1911PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an action brought by the administratrix of Joe Pettit, to recover damages.
The complaint alleges the death of the intestate, his employment by the defendant as a messenger boy, the nature of his duties, a description of the place where he had to work, and then alleges specifically the acts of negligence complained of as follows:
"On 28 April, 1907, the said infant was given a message by the defendant, and carelessly and negligently directed by the defendant to deliver the same to another one of its employees, and to do so required the infant to go somewhere on the yard to track No. 9 or…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Leathers v. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
- Rolin v. . Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Starnes Ex Rel. Starnes v. Albion Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
- Fitzgerald v. Alma Furniture Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1902
- Hendrix v. Cotton Mills.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
3Cited by3 opinions
- Hauser v. . Furniture Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
- Haller v. Quaker Oats Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1917
- Hauser ex rel. Hauser v. Forsyth Furniture Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1917