Sledge v. Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Willie Sledge against Tbe Weldon Lumber Company, beard by Judge R. B. Peebles and a jury, at the August Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of Noethampton.
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ActioN by Willie Sledge against Tbe Weldon Lumber Company, beard by Judge R. B. Peebles and a jury, at the August Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of Noethampton. The plaintiff alleged that, being an employee of defendant company, working on a logging train in September, 1904, he •was permanently injured by the actionable negligence of the defendant company, and demands damage for his injuries— the negligence imputed to defendant being negligent conduct of the engineer, who was also conductor of the train, and who stood towards the plaintiff in the position of vice-principal, and further by…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating the case: Without adverting to the exceptions noted in determining the first issue, and which may not arise on a second trial, the court is of the opinion that the defendant is entitled to a new trial for errors in the charge on the issue as to contributory negligence and on the issue as to damages. On the second issue the court charged the jury as follows: “If the plaintiff was asleep and was thrown off the car by a sudden jerk caused by the negligence of the engineer or by pulling out the slack, and that said slack was the result of having no brakes on the cars, then…
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