Wright v. Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by R. Lee Wright, administrator of Wilson Williams, against the Southern Railway Company, heard by Judge George 11. Brown and a jury, at February Term, 1901, of RowaN County Superior Court. From a judgment for the plaintiff the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
The only exception taken at the trial which is relied on at the argument here is the refusal of the Judge to submit the further issue, “Was the death of the said intestate caused by the negligence of a fellow servant ?” The defendant contends, as set forth in his brief, that there was evidence upon his third defense in the answer, which, if submitted to the jury upon such issue, was sufficient to show that the defendant “furnished sound ties to keep the road in good and safe repair, and other proper material and a good, reliable section master, whose duty it was to keep the road in repair;…
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- Rittenhouse v. Wilmington Street-Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
- Shoaf v. Frost.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Pleasants v. Raleigh & Augusta Air Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
- Wright v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
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- Perry v. Western North Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1901