Mobile & Ohio Railroad v. Ridley
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM OBION. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ohion County.— R. E. Maiden, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkes
*729This is an action for damages resulting in the death of Bill Eidley, colored. It was brought by his widow. There was a trial before a jury, which resulted in a verdict and judgment for $1,000, and the railroad company has appealed, and has assigned quite a number of errors.
There was a demurrer filed to the declaration, stating as a ground that it failed to aver that the deceased at the time of the injury was exercising due caution and care, or to make any statement of facts rendering it unneces^ sary to make such averment.
In the brief of counsel for the railroad, it is said that, this…
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- Donahoe v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1884
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