Bolden v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action for damages for personal injury received through the alleged negligence of defendant tried before Robinson, J., at February Term, 1898, of the Superior Court of Guilford Oohnty.
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Civil action for damages for personal injury received through the alleged negligence of defendant tried before Robinson, J., at February Term, 1898, of the Superior Court of Guilford Oohnty. The plaintiff was a bridge watchman in the service of ■ the defendant company, and was seriously .injured by a fall through the bridge while spacing up a cross-tie, apparently sound but was defective, and broke in two with his weight and the blows from a hammer he was using for the purpose. The plaintiff was the only witness who testified — his evidence is substantially stated in the opinion. . At the…
1Opinion of the Court
Douglas, J.:
This is an action for damages for personal injuries received by the plaintiff through the alleged negligence of the defendant.
The only evidence in this case was that of the plaintiff, who testified substantially, as follows:
That he was a watchman for the Southern Railway Company at a bridge over Reedy Fork, in August or December, 1895, that one Reister was the .bridge builder of the defendant, under the “supervision” of the bridge department of the Southern Railway Company, that Bolden was under the control of the said Reister as a watchman. That Reister began to repair the…
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