NOR. CAR. R.R. CO. v. ZACHARY

No. 144.

232 U.S. 248 (1914)

NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY v. ZACHARY, ADMINISTRATOR OF BURGESS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 2, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John K. Graves for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Thomas H. Calvert, with whom Mr. John A. Barringer and Mr. George S. Bradshaw were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought in the Superior Court of Guilford County, North Carolina, to recover damages for the negligent killing of Burgess, a locomotive fireman in the employ of the Southern Railway Company, lessee of the defendant, which occurred at Selma, North Carolina, on April 29, 1909. Under the local law, as laid down in Logan v. Railroad, 116 Nor...

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