Case Name: MISSOURI WHITE v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1917-03-14
Citations: 173 N.C. 705
Docket Number: 
Parties: MISSOURI WHITE v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 173
Pages: 705–705

Head Matter:
MISSOURI WHITE v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Filed 14 March, 1917.)
Carriers of Passengers — Negligence—Schedules—Local Agent
The liability of the defendant railroad company in this case is held the result of the local agent misdirecting the plaintiff as to train schedules.
PetitioN to rehear tbis case, reported 172 N. 0., 31.
I. M. Meehins for plaintiff.
G. M.- Bain, J. Kenyon Wilson, W. B. Rodman for defendant.

Opinion:
PeR Otteiam.
In tbe petition to rehear tbis case it is said: "Tbe amount of money involved in tbis appeal is very little, and if that was all that was involved, tbis company would not have appealed tbe case to tbis Court. Tbe real question is one that is vital to tbe proper operation of trains in the real interest of 'the traveling public; that question is this: May any and all local agents of railroads abolish or change tbe published schedules of its trains?"
"We think tbe learned counsel for defendant have misconstrued our opinion. We have not decided that local agents of railroads may abolish or change tbe published schedules of trains. Tbe decision in tbis case is made to rest exclusively upon tbe unwarranted negligence of tbe defendant's agent in misdirecting plaintiff in respect to tbe schedules of its trains. A cursory reading of tbe opinion, we think, makes that manifest .
Petition dismissed.