Legal Opinion

City of Nashville v. Drake

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided August 2, 1955PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swepston

Certiorari has been granted, oral argument heard, and we now dispose of the case.

This action was brought by Mary Drake against the City of Nashville acting through its Electric Power Board called the Nashville Electric Service, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been caused her by defendant’s negligence in driving its automobile into a collision with the automobile in which she was riding with her daughter who was driving.

There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $750, from which the defendant appealed in error to the Court of Appeals, assigning several .errors, only…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Stacker v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Union Railway Co. v. HuntonTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Railroad v. StonecipherTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Holliston Mills of Tennessee v. McGuffinTennessee Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Ferguson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1933

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Morrison v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Strader v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Morrisson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Bray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
  5. Spiller v. McDonald, Kuhn, Smith, Miller, & TaitCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1986

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