Legal Opinion

Tilghman v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 5, 1914PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal by defendant from Allen, J., at May Term, 1914, of WAKE.

1Opinion of the Court

Clark, 0. J.

A large number of the assignments of error have been abandoned by failure of the appellant to make any argument or reference thereto in its brief. Eule 34. This is as it should be. During the progress of the cause counsel, out of the abundance of caution, necessarily take a great many exceptions which on fuller examination cannot be sustained, and in such case they should neither clog the brief nor divert the attention of the Court from the vital errors alleged therein. One vital error is sufficient to secure a new trial, and there is no necessity of urging a large number of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Marcom v. Raleigh & Augusta Air Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
  2. Skipper v. Kingsdale Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1912

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cobia v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
  2. Tillett v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1894

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