Legal Opinion
Moss v. Fortune
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 7, 1960PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Felts
This is an action for personal injuries. Plaintiff alleged in his declaration that defendant operated a business of renting to the public riding horses with saddle and bridle suitable for riding; that defendant rented him a horse so equipped; and that after he rode the horse a short distance, the left stirrup strap suddenly broke, threw him to the ground, and seriously injured him.
He further alleged that defendant was negligent in failing to make proper inspection of the stirrup straps before supplying them to him, in not ascertaining that the left strap was in a defective and dangerous…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McKay v. Louisville & Northern RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad v. Unaka Springs Lumber Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1914
- Dodge v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1919
- Robinson v. TateCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1950
- Cincinnati, New Orleans, & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. SaulsburyTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
3Cited by43 opinions
- Planters Gin Co. v. Federal Compress & Warehouse Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2002
- Empress Health and Beauty Spa, Inc. v. TurnerTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
- Schlobohm v. Spa Petite, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
- Heil Valley Ranch, Inc. v. SimkinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1989
- Olson v. MolzenTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
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