Fry v. Southern Public Utilities Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant Standard Ice and Fuel Company from Lane, J., at the May Term, 1921, of MeckleNburg. This action was brought to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the defendant Standard Ice and Fuel Company’s negligence.
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Appeal by defendant Standard Ice and Fuel Company from Lane, J., at the May Term, 1921, of MeckleNburg. This action was brought to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, alleged to have been caused by the defendant Standard Ice and Fuel Company’s negligence. On 28 June, 1919, plaintiff’s son and intestate,. Perry Fry, was instantly killed in a collision between an ice wagon of the Standard Ice and Fuel Company and a street car of the Charlotte Street Railway Company, at a point on Tryon Street about fifty feet south of the intersection made by Tryon and Ninth streets in the…
1ConcurrenceClark, C. J.
In this case the plaintiff’s intestate, a boy 11 years, 10 months, and 23 days old, jumped up behind an ice wagon passing through the streets of Charlotte and was killed in a collision between the ice wagon and the ear of the Charlotte Street Railway Company. There was an ordinance of the city of Charlotte which made his conduct a misdemeanor, and there was a standing order by the Standard Ice and Fuel Company, the owners of the wagon, against such conduct, and the boy had no permission from the company, or permission of the driver, to ride on the wagon on that or any occasion. At the trial…
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- Foard Ex Rel. Foard v. Tidewater Power Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
- Raines v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
- Jollimore v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1912