Smith Ex Rel. Smith v. North Carolina Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN tried before Gouncill, J., and a jury, at September Term, 1907, of AlamaNce. There was evidence on the part of plaintiff tending to show that on or about 7 June, 1906, the plaintiff and her sister were passengers on defendant’s train, going from Hillsboro to Mebane, N. 0., the last being a schedule stop' of the train; that plaintiff entered the second-class car (the train being crowded in the first-class car), in company with her sister, and that she had a ticket to…
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ActioN tried before Gouncill, J., and a jury, at September Term, 1907, of AlamaNce. There was evidence on the part of plaintiff tending to show that on or about 7 June, 1906, the plaintiff and her sister were passengers on defendant’s train, going from Hillsboro to Mebane, N. 0., the last being a schedule stop' of the train; that plaintiff entered the second-class car (the train being crowded in the first-class car), in company with her sister, and that she had a ticket to go to Mebane, N. 0.; that the conductor on the train took up her ticket; that when the train stopped at Mebane, where she…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoee, J.,
after stating tbe facts: A common carrier is charged with tbe duty of carrying passengers to tbe point of their destination and there affording them fair and reasonable opportunity to alight from the cars and depart from the train yards or depot grounds in safety. In Hutchinson on Carriers, sec. 928, speaking of these obligations, the author says: “It is the duty of railway companies as carriers of passengers to provide platforms, waiting rooms and other reasonable accommodations for such passengers at the stations upon such road at which they are in the habit of taking on and…
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