Case Name: L. F. BROOKS v. JAMESVILLE AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1894-09
Citations: 115 N.C. 624
Docket Number: 
Parties: L. F. BROOKS v. JAMESVILLE AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 624–630

Head Matter:
L. F. BROOKS v. JAMESVILLE AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY.
Action for Damages — Common Carrier — Excursion Ticket— Defective Equipment — Punitive Damages.
(For syllabus, see Hansley v. Jamesville and Washington Railroad, at this term.)
Action for damages, beard before Craves, J., and a jury at Pall Term, 1898, of Beaufort Superior Court.
The facts are the same as those of Hansley v. Railroad, page 602, supra.
Defendant appealed from the judgment for plaintiff.
Mr. Charles F. Warren, for plaintiff.
Mr. John H. Small, for defendant (appellant).

Opinion:
Avery, J.:
Though a critical examination of the assignments of error shows that some of the instructions given to the jury and excepted to by defendant were erroneous, upon different grounds, yet we deem it best to hold that this case depends upon the principle announced in the opinion in Hansley v. Railroad, filed at this term, in reference to the allowance of vindictive damages, and therefore we grant a new trial.