Supreme Court of North Carolina November 27, 1900 (Haltom v. Southern Railroad)

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Clare, J.

Tbe only witness was the plaintiff, who testified that he was in the employ of defendant as a yard-coupler and brakeman, at Spencer, at time of injury, which was April 13, 1898; that at the time of injury he was in the discharge of his duties, under the orders and' instructions of George Purldnson, the conductor of the train; that the said conductor had the power to discharge him