Hill v. Castner-Knott Dry Goods Co.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the CourtHowell, J.
These consolidated cases are damage suits for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff Mrs. J. C. Hill, a lady 71 years of age, when, she fell on the second floor of the Castner-Knott building in Nashville in April, 1939.
Upon the second trial of the cases in the Circuit Court of Davidson County, there were verdicts of the jury for Mrs. Hill for $8,000, and for her husband J. C. Hill, for $2,000. Upon the hearing of a motion for a new trial the Circuit Judge set aside the verdicts of the jury, granted defendant’s motions for directed verdicts, and dismissed the suits.
Plaintiff’s motions…
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