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217 N.C. 793

8 S.E.2d 204

White v. . R. R.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 10, 1940

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1940-04-10

Relies on Henderson v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · George v. Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Co. · George v. . R. R.

Decided 1940-04-10

¶1Civil action to recover damages for wrongful death.

¶2On 9 August, 1937, deceased was in an intoxicated condition to the extent that he would stagger when he walked. He left Lilly Mill about 6:15 p.m. and went to and along the railroad track toward the railroad trestle. About thirty or forty minutes later his body was found at the foot of the railroad embankment near the trestle. His body was bloody and muddy; his jugular vein was bursted; he had chest injuries and six or eight ribs were broken, one of which punctured his heart, and his clothing was torn.

¶3At the conclusion of all the evidence, on motion of the defendant, the action was dismissed by judgment of nonsuit. Plaintiff excepted and appealed. The plaintiff has failed to bring her case within the decisions inHenderson v. R. R., 159 N.C. 581, and George v. R. R., 215 N.C. 773,3 S.E.2d 286. Harrison v. R. R., 204 N.C. 718, 169 S.E. 637, and cases there cited, and Cummings v. R. R., ante, 127, are controlling.

¶4The judgment below is

¶5Affirmed. *794

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