Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1941

Wingate v. Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad

Wingate v. Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided October 29, 1941 · Oueiam
17 S.E.2d 6; 220 N.C. 251; 1941 N.C. LEXIS 519 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Wingate v. Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad

Opinion of the Court

Peb Oueiam.

Plaintiff’s action was for damages for personal injury caused by a fall from defendant’s train. She testified that when she stepped off the train the train was moving, and that caused her to fall. The general rule is that a passenger who is injured while alighting from a moving train may not recover for such injury. Stamey v. R. R., 208 N. C., 668, 182 S. E., 130. Upon the authority of this ease and the decisions there quoted, we conclude that the judgment of nonsuit was properly entered.

Affirmed.

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