Tennessee Central Railway Co. v. Schutt

The defendant in error, Mrs. Eleanor P. Sehntt (hereinafter called plaintiff), suffered serious and permanent personal injuries on February 2, 1923, as the result of a collision between an automobile in which she was riding as an invited guest and a box car of plaintiff in error, Tennessee.Central Railway Company (hereinafter called defendant), which was standing on a grade crossing of Twelfth Avenue North over a switch track of defendant, in the city of Nashville.

The case was tried to a jury in the first circuit court of Davidson county, and the jury found the issues in favor .of the…