Hudson v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Harding, J., at the May Term, 1918, of UNION. Tbis is an action by Joe Hudson, administrator of James Hudson, ■deceased, to recover damages for tbe benefit of the minor children of his intestate, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, on account of the negligent killing of said intestate by the defendant railway company.
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Appeal by defendant from Harding, J., at the May Term, 1918, of UNION. Tbis is an action by Joe Hudson, administrator of James Hudson, ■deceased, to recover damages for tbe benefit of the minor children of his intestate, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, on account of the negligent killing of said intestate by the defendant railway company. Plaintiff’s intestate, James Hudson, was a station porter of defendant .at Monroe, and as such it was his duty to handle the mails and to transfer same, when necessary, from one train to another standing within the yard. He was engaged in this…
1DissentBrown, J.
This is an action by Joe Hudson, administrator of James Hudson, deceased, to recover damages for the benefit of the minor children of his intestate, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, on account of the negligent killing of said intestate by the defendant railway company.
Plaintiff's intestate, James Hudson, was a station porter of defendant at Monroe, and as such it was his duty to handle the mails and to transfer same, when necessary, from one train to another standing within the yard. He was engaged in this duty when he was struck and killed by an engine of defendant, which was…
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