Henderson v. Durham Traction Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Talmage Henderson against the Durham Traction Company, heard by Judge W. B. Allen and a jury, at January Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Durham County. From a judgment for the defendant, the plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtConnor, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff, an infant suing by his next friend, for damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of personal injuries suffered by being struck by the defendant’s street car in the city of Durham.
The complaint alleges that on or about the 30th day of July, 1902, the plaintiff was passing from bis employer’s place of business to the south side of Main street, where the defendant has a double track about five feet apart; that about 9 o’clock p. m. a car was going westward on the northern track and another car was going eastward on the southern track, and he came…
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