East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad v. Pratt
Tennessee Supreme Court
Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Knox County. January Term, 1886. S. A. Rogers, J. The following is an exact copy of the declaration referred to in the opinion: “Francis Caroline Pratt v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company.
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Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Knox County. January Term, 1886. S. A. Rogers, J. The following is an exact copy of the declaration referred to in the opinion: “Francis Caroline Pratt v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company. “Plaintiff, Francis Caroline Pratt, widow of ~W. C. Pratt, deceased, sites the defendant, the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company, a body politic and corporate, duly in court by summons, for the sum of $25,000. For that whereas, heretofore, to-wit, on the 14th day of April, 1883, defendant was, and hitherto hath been, and still is,…
1Opinion of the CourtSnodgrass, J.
An earnest petition to rehear this case is presented, and while it raises no new question and calls attention to no oversight or omission in the original determination of the questions made in the record, being but a re-assertion and re-argument of the principal question settled by the Court upon mature consideration and by unanimous agreement, yet, in view of its importance, we have re-examined it, and again announce our view of the law in accordance with the original ¿pinion in affirming the judgment.
The declaration alleged. that defendant wrongfully and negligently run its engine and cars…
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