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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRailroad Records 1890-1892Iredell County © Railroad Records 1890-1897 C.R.054.925.4 1890 - 1892 4 “a Z : hk we J ns ot eet ~ E meg tf J, zh haf Cok Wer leek Ko ruecly | Rees tt of geben Conk J | aad Cee ae, ae ont anil peo: hl tchee et eP a Cree of A. / ac te Ab rone taehiley MTR : he cbere wits mite udn-che Col Auk Low ONarvre wr Lok Ue w ont ALotrom he athiwre dA ho frome Ue Re: gorckh Aekm Qe a Paufhu ant Irae Ro Oot er ok ee A OAM, fou Quick Ok atl AL Corer = S : . * * eu . - ” SoS &, me my A ~ SPATE OF NORTH ‘CAROLINA, A “iN THE SQFERIORn COURT OF IREDELL ‘COUNTY. | ca 8 . wre ar san ~ Vas * sty : iad hans ’ \ 8 LILLIE. B,* MORRISON . © me . rr; A so vs cae." j we c cc es ~ . > * +e 3 Nn ra | t € - > : TRE ‘C.@.@ A.B. R2°C0.., lessees of TH BlP ap & &c0: fe - 7 5! . a\ ¢ . + ni = . Me te fhe Defendant, -for Answer to the Complaint: file in thie rcase, says: |’ mage a } .** ; on 1. That it admite allegations Numbers 1, 2€ 2B - ~ nae, al. ‘ ‘ FAs 2. It denies allegation number 4, as stated. és 4% , + S. It denies dllegation number 6, as stated. bh FOR FURTHER LEFENCE, LEFERDANT SAYS: 4. That ‘Platnttff contributed to her own tngjury by her own negligence in jumping -from a moving train, 5. defendant denies dll negligence on ite part or that [Plaintésf was tn- eT hoaremhhe, gS Cat jured at atl by it. - astoteey Jor Le fendapnt. Fa Joo; . - - yaa, - To Personas ly ed before ne Kedeisongenithesh, who deing duly sworn dye thot he te ne Aap rintencent of the Charlotta, Oolumdia and Auguste 1 road, that the matters stated tn the foregcing anewer astes hte own ' ba sedge ate true and those stated on tnformation and belief he de léeves to =f pe true. - ero Se a id rore , j Swore $0 and eudsctibed defore me th $F... ig BB89. hu e+ --~-s-+ =~ St Py fl hhh FG min MAF Fe ‘ : ‘ - PTH A a» ay “f BPATE OFS om CAROLINA, apne SUPERIOR “COURT OF IREDEEL “COUNTY. : seateie: B. ‘WORRISON ar ee ee ' rH 0. Va & A; °R. -R, “C02; lessees OF PRE’ AEP: BO: ROR COS Defendant “for -answer- to: the~Complaint-11 1ed- in: this sease, “says: v4. -Phat- it-admits-allegations-Nosats2° 83% 2 (it denies allegation: n0.4; as stated. oS .dt- denies allegation: no: 4@,as stated. OFOR “FORTHER DEFENCR, - DEFBADANT SAYSy “4. That sPlatnttff sontribeted to her sown: injury by sher >own negli gente® tn ‘Jemping:from: a moving: train. . Defendant - denies “aii. negitgence ‘on: its «part:or that 1Pietessst: was *ingored:atcatl~by~-it. Atterney~for teft. iPersonaidy appeared before~ se ‘being duly sworn says: that he°is: bre SES S28. cee euk oe of the ‘Charlotte, *Colusbia and Augusta, mela; ‘road; that the eatters stated in the -forepgotng ander as -@T his own \knopiedge are trae, .en¢ those stated apon. information: and: Weiieves.to be true, ‘ 7. saga eget ber ry WA rh Aen | A few Cb. 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Defendant denies albegaties aauher 3. Belendant further says that en the nighivef the 27th ef Angest,1001, its train was wiekedhy, designedhy and wrangSulby denathed by seme poraca ior ‘persans Unknoun to defendant, sho semoved 1a r2il from defendent*s tzeck and pwneehked ‘its trein and eeused the Leases complained iof. coctwenne oct Nw fee Ni ne see “nt ewe ' ae] for ndaat. Rereenal ky eppoeesed before we A.B Andseva, whe being Guby svork, saya: Bhat me 36 Gesend ‘ViseMrestaunt ef the Widheoad & Danvilhe Reibroed Company; Bhat the matters stated :in the Sosegoing Gneuer are teue ef ibis aun iknewl— edge 1eneept such matters es ane thenetn stated upon ‘taformation and bo) ted, ond as te thése aatters D6 heliovessit te he true. 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May term, 1602. John ¥. Holler $8 The R.& D.R.R. & The W.N.C.R.R. Companies. - 2 eg as ANSWER: The Defendents,in Anewer to the Complaint filed in this case, say (1) They admit allegation #1. (2) Im reply te allegation $8,the R.& D.R.R.Cempany admits that it was operating the G.N.6.R.R. from Salisbury to Paint Roek at the time stated,mit the W.N.O0.R.R.Cempany Genies that it hed anything te de with the operation ef the said reed,end denies that it a common carrier new on said reute. (3) The Defendants admit that the Plaintiff was a passenger en the train of the R.& D.R.R.Company,as stated. (46 The Defendants,in Answer to sllegation ¢4,aGmit that the R.& D.R.R. train was wrecked et Bostian's Bridge,mut they Geny ell the ellegations ef negligence,beth of emission end cemmission,whieh is eharged in the said allegatia $4,008 te the cemdition ef the superstructure, the running ef the trein,and the cendition ef the treek,and they ever that oé@ither of them were negligent in running the said train.er in the proper maintenance ef the. track,ér in the structure ef the vridge,er in any ether wag. The Defendants edmit that the Plaintiff wae injured, tt they deny that he was injured te the extent which he alleges. Per further defense,the Defendants sagpt ‘ het their train was wrecked ty the wicked, wilful,end fiendish act ef seme persen,whe teok up its rails, dis- (2) ‘sbled ite treck,drew its spikes,and ether wrengs wene_aene. 2< te the track of the seid V.N.C.R.R.,whereny its train,upen which the Plaintiff's intestate was riding,was derailed and precipitated from Bostian's Bridge or the fill near by, and that this was the cause of the Plaintiff's death. Counsel for Defendant. R.R. Bridge: belie quly swern,says that he is an efficer lervrE 72 & of the Gvltrc-R.R.Cempany,te wit: That he is Superintendent thereef: That the matters stated in this Answer,ef his ewn knewl- edge are true,and these stated en information he pelieves te be true. RA Pretec sesewees Vodetta Kee URGE. v Swern te and subscribed before me this aa kKiheinn. fay of May ,1802 LM, (ihed elelax, ntle : os Pe ee ei eran rs nial gh i Bt any F ee en oe oe ee 4 ae “Y | IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES - Western District of North Carolina. ) ‘ . Plaintiff, Petition for Removal. To the Honorable, the Judges of the Circuit Court of the United States, for the Western’ District of North Carolina: suit eptitled as above is now pending for trial and has not Your petitioner respectfully shows t ty, State of North Carolina; and yet been tried in the Superior Court of . that your petitioner desires to remove the same into the Circuit Courtf the United States, for the said District. That your petitioner is one of the defendants in said suit, and that the matter and amount in dispute therein exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the gum or value of two thousand dollars, and the same is to recover damages for the alleged n ligent.«<Aa/1 Avec, ' operated in the said State of North Carolina, the same having been leased to petitioner, which was wholly operating the same at the time of the duwtiee OALRA¢g het itt Stet Your petitiones further shows that in said suit there is a controversy between a citizen. @g : P beer ae PRGA inhon Mirth a... Kea = wt afl tiri—of trey ty said suit was brought. And that your petitioner and the said plaintiff are actually interested in said controversy. qf petitioner operating as aforesaid the said railroad, upon which the said... -ieSit ‘ ) was being carried as a passenger. : That, as your petitioner is informed and believes, the Western North Carolina Railroad Company, a defendant in this suit, was made a party to prevent a removal of the same to the United States Circuit Court for the said District. ‘ That, as your petitioner is informed and believes, the said Western North Carolina Railroad Com- pany is not a necessary party to the said suit, being in no way connected with the operation of the rail- road, having leased the same to the petitioner in the year 1886. That the defendant, the Western North Carolina Railroad Gompany, is not engaged in the business.of a common carrier in the State of North Carolina, as is alleged in the complaint of the plaintiff filed in this suit. That this said suit was begun in the said State Court on the... feet LE a ei and has not stood for trial at any term of the State Court since it was begun, as your petitioner is in- formed and believes. Your petitioner further states that he has filed herewith an affidavit that it may be made to appear to the said Circuit Court, from prejudice and local influence, your petitioner will not be able to obtain justice in said State Court, or in any other State Court to which your petitioner may, under the laws of the State of North Carolina, have the right on account of such prejudice and local influence, to remove said cause. Your petitioner therefore, prays that the said affidavit may be accepted as good and sufficient, and that the said suit may be removed into the said Circuit Court of the United States for the said District, and further, that your petitioner be granted such orders in cure the removal prayed for. remises as_itis in law entitled to, to se- Attorney for Petitioner. Rosie . being duly sworn, do say, that I am an Attor- ney for the petitioner ir in 1 the shove entitled cause; that I have read the foregoing petition, and that the ote -ceer ones lieve to be true. torney for Petitioner. ribed by the said Pree. (0 armen. if My presence, and by to before me, this... x \ 7. , é . Esroc U.S. COURT. ; 3 " i e s ~ E ¢ > 4 « - wr a r 7 s oS sf i 4 s 4, < 4 , 7 ’ é IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES : Western District of North Carolina. ee ¢ ’ Plaintif. ' aes Li against Hs SAO . Affidavit for Removal of Cause. Sha farce leaalh fac hein ert). eve hse - , the above’ entitled mpany is one County, in the that the Richmond and Danville Railroad Co cause which is now pending for trial in the Superior Court of Cl 22-5 State of North Carolina, and that from prejudice and local influence the said defendant shall not be able to obtain justice in the said State Court, nor in any other State Court to which the said defendant may, under the laws of the said State of North Carolina, have the right, on account of such prejudice or local influence, to remove said cause: that by the accident which occurred on the railroad of this defendant on the 26th day of August, 1891, and which is the basis of this action, a number of persons, passengers and employees on the train of the said defendant were either killed or wounded, as many as twenty-two being killed, or having died from injuries received, and about twenty-seven injured, and that the said accident was at a place called Bostian Bridge, in the County of Iredell, in said State, on the date above mentioned; that the report of said accident was at once widely circulated, and many persons from the County of Iredell came to witness the scene of the accident and also many persons from the adjoining Counties to Iredell: that the dead and wounded were carried to Statesville, the County site of Iredell County, where the dead bodies were viewed by numerous citizens from the locality, and where many of the wounded were taken into the houses of citizens of said town: that great indignation was expressed by numbers of persons in the community on account of the great loss of life and injuries resulting from the accident, and many harsh and unjust criticisms were made upon the said defendant and the alleged careless manner in which it had operated its said railroad: many leading citizens going so far as to charge publicly that the destruction of 1 fe and injuries to the persons was the result of the recklessness of the said defendant and its wanton disregard of human safety and human life: that a newspaper pub- lished in Statesville called the Landmark, generally circulated in the County of Iredell and circulating also widely in the Counties and localities adjoining and around Iredell County, which said newspaper has great influence in its circulation, published articles adverse to the said defendant on account of said accident, bitterly arraying the defendant before the readers of said paper and the public on account of the said accident, whereby, and on account of which much prejudice was aroused against the said de- fendant and which still exists: that many of the persons killed or injured in the said accident were res- idents of the said County of Iredell and the adjoining Counties where their families, relatives, friends and associates reside, all of whom are, or have been active and zeal-us in denouncing and criticising the said defendant and exciting against the defendant much ill and prejudicial feeling: that other newspa- pers than the Landmark above named published and circulated in North Carolina and in the County aforesaid and the adjoiring Counties have published and circulated articles bitterly denouncing the said defendant on account of the said accident, using such expressions as rotten sills, loose rails, negligent like expressions to convey to the public the impression that the said accident was inexcusable negligence of the said defendant that_by reason of these things a strong public senument, preyodrerat Wthe Cermenwiny, Mas Been Manuacrired and matured so much so that this affiant verily believes that the said defendant cannot obtain justice in the State Courts aforesaid: that anumber of suits have been brought in the State Courts of North Carolina upon the alleged cause of action aforesaid, there being as many as twelve or fifteen in the County of Iredell, as many as ten in the county of Buncombe and several in other Counties, and affiant is informed and be- lieves that the parties plaintiff have made common cause in all the cases, and-that they and their friends have been active in prejudicing the public mind against the gaid defendant with a view of placing it at a disadvantage in trials of said causes in the State C ay Subscribed by the lll Mace : ih i presence, and by .» 1892. employees and other due _to the gross and him sworn to before me, this... .day ofmeBx ‘FILED AUG & 1899 “=CLETIC U. S. COURT. as surety are hereby held and firmly bound unto in the penal sum of Five Hundred Dollars, lawful ~ . f ‘ money of the United States, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves jointly and severally firmly by these presents. The —— si the above celigation is such that if - District of North Carolina, on the first day of ffs then next session, a copy of the record in a certain suit now pending in the Superior Court of ea GSI ak Ce eee Ue er vee iS Plaintiff and , bs , LAAXx-—T P- 9 F—e ee ee and shall pay all costs tha®may be awarded by the said Circuit Gourt, if said Court shall hold that said suit was wrongfully or improperly removed thereto, and shall do such other appropriate acts as, by act of Congress, in that behalf, are required to be done upon the removal of such suit from said State ted States Cou Court into the said Unj Dated this......... o. Z etek then this obligation to be void, otherwise of force. ©.[SEAL.] ..{SEAL.] Saontocsnsennnesniineell Manas I sisi [SEAL.] )LINA, County. __ County, the surety named in the foregoing Bond, being duly sworn, do depose and say that I am a resident of the State of North Carolina and a property-holder therein; that lam worth the sum of Five Hundred Dollars,over and above all my debts and liabilities, and exclusive. «#64. of property by law exempt frog execygi at I have property in the State of North Carolina liable “i to execution of the value of! _—hendeed dollars Subscribed in my presence by and by 4? », before me this.. ge day of. ‘lie tate D.. Rte ie idedile oie cadaaielh ao coisa; 2: -an--- OOURLY, B. C. - “eee AR BOND FOR REMOVAR 70 THE U. S. CIRCUIT COURT. - *. ” CLEl< U.S. COURT. 4 D. SCHENCK, Attorney. ee Be ee a's | bf THR CLAGULT COURT OB THE UNITED STATRS Western District of North Carolina. Fourth Riatorkeh. aE Circuit... Plaintiff. oie Sonn F.Hol] er, Agninst, : The Ri chmond ‘and Danville Rai} road Coaigieny and the Western North Car- olina ‘Railroad Company) Pie Defendénts. at "Upon reading the petition and affidavit filed in this | cause, and upon consideration of the same, together with the Wen filed and all the same being sufficient in law, and in duaform, and it having been made to appear to the Court % on aecount of Joon) influence and prejudi os, the | petitioner wid not be able te obtain justice in the St&te Court as set out in the petition and affidavit, nor in any other State Court, to which petitioner would have the right te remove the said omse for trial; it is considered and adjudged thet the said loac] influence and prejudice d exist as set out in said petition ond affidavit. It is further considered and adjudged that the said petition, affidavit and bond’be accepted, and that the above entitled eause now pending in the Superior Court of Iredel) ounty, In tie State of Nort CarcTing, be famoVed into the Cirouit Court of the United States, for the Western District ‘}of North Carolina, for trial. | And it is further ordered, that the Clerk of this Court, at Statesville, North Carolina, do certify this order, to the “said Superior Court, together with a. copy of the petition, affidavit, and bond, to the end that the said Superior Court may proceed no further“ with the ease; and to the end, furthe, “that the said Superior Court may wake a full and perfect : teansetipt of the record and proceedings had ‘in said o@ise to be tranenitted to and filed in this courts Rugh L.Bond, leet dit ede iaeonanedinien tne pened — Gy. Judge- | United States of Amerion- | Western District of North Carolina. : | I, H.C. Cowles 02 erk of the Cirouit Court of the United . “States in and for said District at Statesville,N.G., do ng eertify the foregoing to be a'full, true and perfect a the petition, affidavit, bond end order pade and aginst the Richmond end Denville Railroad Company end the Western North Carolina Railroa& Company as fully as the same remain on file and of record in said cause in my * office. , In witness whereof | hereunte subsoribe my meme and affix the seal of said Court, at office, in Statesville, in said 6% District this day of Agust 1892. lates / erk of said Court. PiG4iee > . “OL®. .°. U.S. COURT. - - é a ~ P Te is , « “ 4 ‘ : ‘ee ; CLAIM and DELIVERY. ~-=Printed and for Sale at The Landmark Job Printing Office, Statesville, N. C. = NORTH CAROLINA, ee Hen —— ie! Coney, 2 ew Plaintiff... _$RED M Rend oe ______) Affidavit Defendgat... above named, being duly sworn, say....: ESAS ASRS! w. ssaaieinidiathiediiy e, ° ° 1. That ...he... .4a. now the owner... and demand 4. immediate possession of the following described property, toni. Arle. Pacman YA. Gt b tute: ramen. e+ LLL LL? 1S LOCALS LOLS T CTT ISS TOS LORRI OEE TSS SOLACE O SST LTT LCL StF nets iene e Terr eiiinerhes iba enesenenseseessensenseneneesenaneeenetn 3 2. That the property is wrongfully yam sowaek 0 RED, z rare Lainie Mon siudsvniach by Chien. Be gud of 4. eieee dasctpiacenbaspeesdacnesis , the above named Defendant... 8. That the alleged cause of detention thereot according to th.i.s.. . deponenti.. best knowledge, infor- mation and belief, is as follows: 4. That said property has not been taken for'a tax asseasmerit OP Titre prrweenrt-torey Statue, op seised 4s under ap execution or attachment against the property of deponent... 5. That the actual value of _ property is. obidirtchedAwne...dd Caghal ME seseiniscsapinnets Dollars. NORTH CAROLI NA, ¢ Balt hh County. To any Constable or other Lawful Officer of Mnenahats County—GREETING : For causes stated in the foregoing Affidavit ot... LA. ; kod — Dex. cma ClLGA... cveriiesreinsenisinbbanild . ie AAR ata To cennssoocdecunesoconnsminiiidiodeeubdeboobesweocte , you are required to take from the Defendant... therein named the property described in aforesaid Affidavit and deliver the same to Plaintiff... when ...he... gived. the bond required by law. a! el : , , . ss at oy . os < aa, . : . . ae] ; "9 bak , f » Se ° P Plaintiff... uk ee, Poee2k. ; Bond. PORES EERE E STEERER EEE ET EE EEE ER EER EE HETERO OEE EES HEHEHE HEHE EEE RHEE EHO THEE HHO HHE HEHEHE EH OEE Defendant... Whenever Affidavit has been made by the Plaintiff... in the action, that the Defendant.. . therein named wrongfully detain... the property, described in said Affidavit, of the value Of... etontec ache neat OS TERRE i ioutitisth Ssalea auaetolatan sacacapedioeainss ceagainkeaeaaccasacoehs Dollars, and Plaintiff... claim... the immediate delivery thereof in accordance with the Statute made in such case and provided, - NOW, THEREFORE, inv consideration of the taking of said property by the Sheriff or other lawful i Officer it beads. Nid scusdesiscionscepoekoseed County, by virtue of said Affidavit and requisition thereto en- dorsed, we, the undersigned, do hereby undertake and become bound to said Defendant... in the sum of of this action by the Plaintiff... before.. Ef. 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