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Parker v. Seaboard Air Line Railway

181 N.C. 95
CourtSupreme Court of North Carolina
DecidedMarch 16, 1921
StatusPublished
Cited by12 cases

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Parker v. Seaboard Air Line Railway, 181 N.C. 95 (N.C. 1921).

Opinions

ClaRK, C. J.

The plaintiff was riding as a passenger in an automobile, and on 10 February, 1920, at a greatly frequented crossing, a little after six p. m., the automobile was struck by the rear car of a backing train. It was a drizzly, rainy evening, and in the automobile, besides the driver, Mrs. Scott, there was the plaintiff seated on the front seat to the right of the driver, four young ladies, and Mrs. Scott’s son, when it reached the crossing in front of the Terminal Plotel in Weldon. At that point where the defendant’s track crosses the street, there are four tracks which converge until the street which is the First Street in the town (and on which the party was traveling) intersects Walnut Street. Beyond the crossing the railroad and First Street extended are almost parallel with each other, going west, the direction in which the automobile was moving. Before the intersection of said First Street and the railroad the angle is very acute and the railroad was to the right of the street getting nearer and nearer until the crossing is reached.

The rear of the car had the curtains in place, but on the front seat, where the plaintiff sat, there were no curtains, she being on the right and

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