Norman v. Charlotte Electric Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Adams, at April Term, 1914, of Mece:-LENBURG.- On 27 March, 1913, the plaintiff was driving bis automobile from the Seaboard Air Line Railway station at tbe north end of Tryon Street in the city of Charlotte, in a southerly direction along that street to Ninth Street, intending to turn into the latter street; but when he reached it, he found it blocked by a wagon and a rope across it.
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Appeal by defendant from Adams, at April Term, 1914, of Mece:-LENBURG.- On 27 March, 1913, the plaintiff was driving bis automobile from the Seaboard Air Line Railway station at tbe north end of Tryon Street in the city of Charlotte, in a southerly direction along that street to Ninth Street, intending to turn into the latter street; but when he reached it, he found it blocked by a wagon and a rope across it. He reversed his ear and backed out over the two street railway tracks, laid at that point on Tryon Street, and looked in the direction he was going, to see if there was anything in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the case: There was no error in denying the motion to nonsuit the plaintiff, and the exception to the submission of the third issue, which presents practically the same question, was properly overruled. Whatever may be the law in some of the other jurisdictions — and we concede that it seems to be radically and directly at variance with our rulings upon- this question — the law here has been well settled for many years, and we do not feel at liberty to disturb it, after it has been so firmly imbedded in our jurisprudence. The law as declared by some of the courts…
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