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  "id": 8659159,
  "name": "W. M. JOHNSON, Administrator, v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY",
  "name_abbreviation": "Johnson v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad",
  "decision_date": "1912-04-10",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "442",
  "last_page": "442",
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      "cite": "159 N.C. 442"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 5,
    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
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    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "W. M. JOHNSON, Administrator, v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nWe have examined carefully the several assignments of error set out in the record, and we are of opinion that his Honor properly denied the motion f.or nonsuit.\nWe think that there was sufficient evidence to be submitted to the jury that the- intestate fell from the car by reason of negligence in giving the signal by the conductor at the moment he did. \u2022 We do not deem it necessary to discuss the facts, as these cases differ so materially from each other that a discussion of the evidence is of no material value.\nWe have examined the charge of his Honor, and think that he presented the case to the jury fairly and fully, and in accordance with the well-settled precedent of this Court.\nThe judgment of the Superior Court is\nAffirmed.",
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        "author": "Per Curiam."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "N. Y. Gulley \u2022& Son, B. H. Dixon and Hayes & Bynum for the plaintiff.",
      "Bose & Bose and II. A. London & Son for the defendant. \u2022"
    ],
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    "head_matter": "W. M. JOHNSON, Administrator, v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY.\n(Filed 10 April, 1912.)\nAppeal and Error \u2014 Evidence\u2014Nonsuit.\nIn this action for the wrongful killing of plaintiff\u2019s intestate, a judgment of nonsuit on the evidence was properly denied, the negligence of the defendant\u2019s conductor in giving the signal to start being sufficient, under the circumstances, to take the case to the jury.\nAppeal from Goolce, Jat November Term, 1911, of Chat-ham.\nThis was a civil action. These issues were submitted to the jury:\n1. Was the plaintiff\u2019s intestate killed by the negligence of the defendant ?\n2. Did plaintiff\u2019s intestate, by bis own negligence, contribute to bis injury?\n3. What amount, if any, is plaintiff entitled to recover from the defendant?\nThe jury answered the first issue \u201cYes,\u201d the second issue \u201cNo,\u201d and the third issue \u201c$5,000.\u201d\nN. Y. Gulley \u2022& Son, B. H. Dixon and Hayes & Bynum for the plaintiff.\nBose & Bose and II. A. London & Son for the defendant. \u2022"
  },
  "file_name": "0442-01",
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