Parker v. Seaboard Air Line Railway
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Lyon, J., at August Term, 1920, of Halifax. This 'action is brought to recover $100,000 damages for personal injuries sustained in a crossing accident at Weldon, N. O., 10 February, 1920. Action was originally brought against Seaboard Air Line Rail•way Company and Walker D. Hines, Director-General of Railroads, but at the trial, by consent of counsel, John Barton Payne, Director General of Railroads, as agent designated by the President under the Transportation…
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Appeal from Lyon, J., at August Term, 1920, of Halifax. This 'action is brought to recover $100,000 damages for personal injuries sustained in a crossing accident at Weldon, N. O., 10 February, 1920. Action was originally brought against Seaboard Air Line Rail•way Company and Walker D. Hines, Director-General of Railroads, but at the trial, by consent of counsel, John Barton Payne, Director General of Railroads, as agent designated by the President under the Transportation Act, was substituted as defendant in lieu of Walker D. Hines. Plaintiff alleges negligence in that the defendant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtClaRK, C. J.
The plaintiff was riding as a passenger in an automobile, and on 10 February, 1920, at a greatly frequented crossing, a little after six p. m., the automobile was struck by the rear car of a backing train. It was a drizzly, rainy evening, and in the automobile, besides the driver, Mrs. Scott, there was the plaintiff seated on the front seat to the right of the driver, four young ladies, and Mrs. Scott’s son, when it reached the crossing in front of the Terminal Plotel in Weldon. At that point where the defendant’s track crosses the street, there are four tracks which converge until the street…
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