Opinion

Herring v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

  • 168 N.C. 555
  • 84 S.E. 863
  • 1915 N.C. LEXIS 105
Court
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Filed
Apr 7, 1915
Status
Published
Author
BrowN
On the bench
Clark, Brown, Walker
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 11.6%

The opinion

BrowN, J.,

dissenting: I am constrained to dissent from tbe conclusion reached by tbe Court in tbis case for tbe reasons given in my dissenting opinion in Barden v. R. r., 152 N. C., 318 , and also in my opinion in King v. R. R., 157 N. C., 44 .

I see no evidence whatever in tbis case of fraud and undue influence which brings tbe case within tbe principle laid down by tbe majority of tbe Court in tbe King case. There is no evidence that tbe plaintiff was injured while engaged in interstate commerce; certainly there is no finding of fact to that effect. Therefore, tbe provisions of tbe Federal act invalidating Relief Department contracts bave no application. Neither has a similar act enacted by tbe Legislature of tbis State, for tbe reason that tbe injury occurred before tbe ratification of tbe act.

Tbis whole question has been fully discussed in tbe cases I bave cited, and as they cannot well arise in tbe future, it is useless to discuss this matter any further.

MR. Justice Walker concurs in tbis opinion.

This is a copy of a public record, reproduced as it was published. It is not legal advice, and it may not be the version a court would rely on. Check the official source before you cite it.

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.