Brooks v. Southeastern Motor Truck Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the CourtSwepston, J.
Plaintiff-in-error, Mrs. Brooks, hereinafter called plaintiff, sued the defendant for damages *112for personal injuries sustained when she stepped in a hole in the floor of one of defendant’s trucks. At the conclusion of all the evidence a verdict was directed for defendant upon the ground there was no evidence of actionable negligence.
She has appealed and assigned error.
The declaration alleges that plaintiff wás employed as a receiving clerk for freight shipments at the Mallory Air Force Depot in Memphis and that defendant operates a trucking business; that one of defendant’s trucks came to her…
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- Railroad v. WardTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
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