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  "name": "WILKIE v. RAILROAD",
  "name_abbreviation": "Wilkie v. Railroad",
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      "WILKIE v. RAILROAD."
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        "text": "MONTGOMERY, J .\nThis case is now being considered on a petition to reihear, granted on the application of the defendant, appellant. The original hearing was at the September Term, 1900, and the case is reported in 121 N. C., 203. It appears now to tire Court that we overlooked the exceptions ox the defendant to the last two paragraphs of his HomOPs eharg\u2019e. They are in the following words, the one: \u201cThese (damages) are understood to embrace indemnity for loss' of time or loss from inability to- perform ordinary labor or loss of capacity to earn money, and for actual sufferings of body and mind,\u201d and the other: \u201cPlaintiff is to have a reasonable satisfaction (if he is entitled to recover) for loss of both bodily and mental powers and for actual suffering, both body and mind, which, are the immediate anid necessary consequences of 'the injury.\u201d\nWe arre of 'the opinion that in oases where damages are Sought to be recovered for mental anguish \u2014 sufferings of the min'd \u2014 there must be evidence of such suffering introduced on the trial. The authorities in the several States are in conflict on this subject, but we will adhere to' the rules laid dowm in Smith v. Railroad, 126 N. C., 112. There, we siaid that an instruction of his Honor that the plaintiff could recover for mental anguish endured by him was erroneous in the absence of evidence of mental anguish.\nNeither in this case Was there evidence of loss of mental powers, and his Honor was in error in submitting that question to the jury in the absence of evidence. The plaintiff did, it is true, testify that he had a fainting or unconscious spell ait the time of the accident, but there was no- evidence of permanent impairment of the plaintiff\u2019s mental capacity.\nAs to the evidence- in respect to- the earning capacity of the plaintiff in reference to his furnishing the hands under his charge with rations, and the instructions of his Honor on tlxat evidence, we think the new trial ought also- to- he extended.\nThere was error in the trial below in the respects pointed out in this opinion, i. a., as to the measure of damages, and there must be a new trial on the matters embraced in the third issue \u2014 \u201cWhat damages, if any, is 'the plaintiff entitled to recover.\u201d\nPetition allowed. Partial new trial.",
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        "author": "MONTGOMERY, J ."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Douglass & Simms, fo<r the petitioner.",
      "Womack <\u00a3\u2022 Hayes, for the defendant."
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    "head_matter": "WILKIE v. RAILROAD.\n(Filed April 9, 1901.)\n1. DAMAGES \u2014 Mental Anguish \u2014 Instructions\u2014Loss of Mental Power.\nWhere damages are sought to be recovered for mental anguish or loss of mental power, there must be evidence of such suffering introduced on the trial.\n2. DAMAGES \u2014 Speculative\u2014Evidence\u2014Personal Injuries.\nIn an action for personal injuries, evidence as to how much a person- might have gained by trading is speculative, and incompetent to show earning capacity.\nAc-tioN by C. D. Wilkie against tibe Raleigh and Gape Fear Railroad Company. Petition to rehear. Petition allowed. For prior report, see 12T N. O'., 203.\nDouglass & Simms, fo<r the petitioner.\nWomack <\u00a3\u2022 Hayes, for the defendant."
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