Harris v. Dobson-Tankard Co.

This action was brought by Elberta Harris against Dobson-Tankard Company, Inc., Tom Y. Cartwright, Sheriff of Davidson County, and National Surety Company, surety on his official bond, to recover damages alleged to have been caused plaintiff by defendants in wrongfully evicting her from her apartment and putting her furniture and household goods out on the sidewalk during a rainstorm.

The suit, begun in the Court of General Sessions, was taken by appeals to the Circuit Court. There, the Trial Judge directed a verdict for Dobson-Tankard Company, Inc., and submitted to the jury the question…