Brown & Sons Lumber Co. v. Sessler
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM DIXON. Appeal from Circuit Court, Dickson County. — W. L. Cook, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The .plaintiff below, Susie V. Sessler, sued to recover damages for the wrongful death of her husband, *667joining.as defendants the lumber company and its manager, John M. Smith, and recovered judgment against both. On appeal to the conrt of civil appeals this judgment was affirmed, and a petition' for certiorari has been filed to have reviewed in this conrt the judgment of affirmance.
The company operated a sawmill, and as a part of it a chnte was in use to carry away from the mill, proper, wood for fuel converted from slabs. This chnte was 160 feet long, and inclined from the saws upward,…
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- Bennett v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Sesler v. Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- Sparrow v. BromageSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
- Rosenbaum v. ShoffnerTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
- Ellis v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
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