Legal Opinion
Southern Railway Company v. Willie Sula Brown Jones
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1955No. 19-3415PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Circuit Judge.
The widow of Ishmael C. Jones brought an action on behalf of herself and two minor children against the appellant Southern Railway Company for damages for its negligent acts in causing the death of her husband. The jury awarded her a verdict of $40,000 and the United States District Court entered judgment thereon for that amount.
The decedent, Jones, was killed on September 19, 1953. On that date, he was in the employ of Dunn Brothers, Inc., sub-contractor under Engineering Construction Company, prime contractor with the East Tennessee Natural Gas Company which was laying…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Mott v. . Consumers' Ice CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Moody v. Gufl Refining Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1919
- Goodman v. WilsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
- Morris v. BollingCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1948
- Southern Ry. Co. v. PickleTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
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- Frank Ursich v. Manuel D. Da RosaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Garner v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1962
- Smith v. Detroit Marine Engineering Corp.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1985
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