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  "name": "WILBURN MARLIN BURKE v. CAROLINA & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY",
  "name_abbreviation": "Burke v. Carolina & Northwestern Railway Co.",
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      "WILBURN MARLIN BURKE v. CAROLINA & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY."
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      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nJustice Sharp, having presided in the court below, did not participate in the decision here. The other Justices, being equally divided as to the propriety of the nonsuit, the judgment of the superior court is affirmed without the decision becoming a precedent.\nAffirmed.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Frank Battley Rankin for plaintiff appellant.",
      "W. T. Joyner, Geo. B. Mason, Mullen, Holland & Cooke, by James Mullen for defendant appellee."
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    "head_matter": "WILBURN MARLIN BURKE v. CAROLINA & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.\n(Filed 26 September 1962.)\nAppeal and Error \u00a7 39\u2014\nWhere the Justices of the Supreme Court are evenly divided in opinion, one Justice not sitting, the judgment of the lower court will be affirmed without becoming a precedent.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Sharp, S.J., January 15, 1962 Term, Gas-toN Superior Court.\nIn this civil action the plaintiff sought to recover damages for his personal injury sustained while he was attempting to hold in place boxes of freight in a partially loaded car during shifting operations. The plaintiff alleged: \u201cThe engineer of the defendant operated the defendant\u2019s engine wantonly and recklessly and without regard to . . . the safety of the plaintiff.\u201d\nThe defendant, by answer, denied negligence and pleaded (conditionally) the plaintiff\u2019s contributory negligence.\nAt the close of the plaintiff\u2019s evidence the court allowed defendant\u2019s motion for involuntary nonsuit. From judgment dismissing the action, the plaintiff appealed.\nFrank Battley Rankin for plaintiff appellant.\nW. T. Joyner, Geo. B. Mason, Mullen, Holland & Cooke, by James Mullen for defendant appellee."
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