Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Akin
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM CHEATHAM. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cheatham County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. —HoN. Douglas Wilke, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This suit was instituted by John T. Akin, as administrator of Mrs. Judith Ann Akin, for the alleged wrongful death of his intestate by reason of injuries inflicted on her while a passenger on a train of the railway company. It was averred in the first count of the declaration, in substance, that Mrs. Akin boarded one of the company’s trains at Bellevue for the purpose of going to Kingston Springs, and that when the train reached the latter station the ears stopped where passengers were usually taken on and discharged. Thereupon she was. invited by the agents of the railway to alight, and when…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad v. LindamoodTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
- Railroad v. MitchellTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
3Cited by3 opinions
- Walters v. Des Moines City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1920
- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. PowellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1929
- Memphis St. Ry. C. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1952