Hutchinson v. Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action by Mattie Hutchinson against Southern Railway Company, heard by Judge W. B. Councill and a jury, at the May Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of Catawba. From a verdict and judgment thereon, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
The feme plaintiff, a widow, bought a ticket from Hickory, North Carolina, to Liberty, South Carolina. The agent at Hickory told her she would make connection with the 1 p. m. train at Charlotte. On arriving at Charlotte, where she had to change cars, her train missed connection and she took the next train which left there at 10:20 p. m. This was a train which did not stop at all stations, Liberty being one of those at which, by the defendant’s printed schedule, it did not stop, but the plaintiff testified that she was not aware of that fact and no one so informed her; on the contrary, the…
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