Legal Opinion
Wills v. Franklin
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided November 20, 1953No. Civ. Nos. 1895, 1896PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DARR, Chief Judge.
The defendant has moved for a new trial in each of these cases. There are assignments that the verdicts are not supported by any evidence; that they are excessive, contrary to the law and the evidence; that any negligence of which the decedent David L. Davis might have been guilty was not the proximate cause of the injuries; that the plaintiffs were guilty of contributory negligence.
These matters were all submitted to the jury under a charge to which there was no exception, and the jury has found the issues in favor of the plaintiffs. The Court has given careful…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Loucks v. . Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. BabcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- McKelvey v. McKelveyTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
- Home Beneficial Ass'n v. WhiteTennessee Supreme Court · 1944
- Lillienkamp v. RippetoeTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Gregory v. ColvinSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963
- United States v. THIRD NAT. BK. OF NASHVILLE, TENN.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1984