Legal Opinion

Brooks v. Southeastern Motor Truck Lines, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided May 28, 1952PublishedCited by 2 opinions

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…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Frank v. WrightTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
  2. J. Avery Bryan, Inc. v. HubbardCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1949
  3. De Kalb County v. Tennessee Electric Power Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1933
  4. Hughes v. ShanafeltSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950
  5. Railroad v. WardTennessee Supreme Court · 1897

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Morris v. GarmonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1985
  2. Glen Wilson and Beverly Wilson v. Gilbert WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993

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