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  "id": 8631963,
  "name": "JESSE H. KNOTT, SR., Administrator of the Estate of JESSE H. KNOTT, JR., Deceased, v. KINSTON TRANSIT COMPANY",
  "name_abbreviation": "Knott v. Kinston Transit Co.",
  "decision_date": "1950-04-12",
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    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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    "parties": [
      "JESSE H. KNOTT, SR., Administrator of the Estate of JESSE H. KNOTT, JR., Deceased, v. KINSTON TRANSIT COMPANY."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nA careful reading of the evidence offered by plaintiff en the trial below and shown in the record of this appeal, taken in the light most favorable to plaintiff, fails to show that defendant did anything that it should not have done, or left undone anything that it should have done at the time and under the circumstances under which the plaintiff\u2019s intestate came to his untimely death. Rather, the evidence reveals, in so far as the operation of defendant\u2019s bus is concerned, an unavoidable accident, \u2014 deplorable as it is, \u2014 for which defendant may not be held liable in damages. Hence the judgment as of nonsuit will be, and it is hereby\nAffirmed.",
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        "author": "Per Curiam."
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Jones, Reed & Griffin for plaintiff, appellant.",
      "John G. Dawson and Whitaker & Jeffress for defendant, appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "JESSE H. KNOTT, SR., Administrator of the Estate of JESSE H. KNOTT, JR., Deceased, v. KINSTON TRANSIT COMPANY.\n(Filed 12 April, 1950.)\nAppeal by plaintiff from Parker, J., at 27 February Term, 1950, of lENOIK.\nCivil action to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of plaintiff\u2019s intestate, a small boy nine years of age, when he collided with a bus of defendant, operated on a public street in the city of Kinston, N. C.\nJudgment as of nonsuit was entered on the trial below at the close of plaintiff\u2019s evidence, and plaintiff appeals to Supreme Court and assigns error.\nJones, Reed & Griffin for plaintiff, appellant.\nJohn G. Dawson and Whitaker & Jeffress for defendant, appellee."
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