Legal Opinion

Studer v. Plumlee

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1914PublishedCited by 12 opinions

FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hamilton County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— Nathan L. Bachman, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

This action was brought in the court below by Plumlee, as plaintiff, against appellant Studer to recover damages incident to a collision with an automobile of the latter at the intersection of Sixth and Market streets in the city of Chattanooga. The trial judge overruled a motion for peremptory instruction interposed by defendant Studer, and the jury returned a verdict in favor of Plumlee, which was sustained by the trial judge and the court of civil appeals.

An assignment of error in this court under the petition for certiorari is that the motion for peremptory instruction should haye been…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Baker v. . CloseNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
  2. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. WadeTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Millsaps v. BrogdonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
  4. Memphis Street Railway Co. v. RiddickTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Tiffany v. DrummondCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1909

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Duling v. BurnettCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1938
  2. Elmore v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1931
  3. Tri-State Transit Co. of Louisiana, Inc. v. DuffeyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1940
  4. Jackson v. City of NashvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1932
  5. Harbor v. WallaceCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1946

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