Westborne Coal Co. v. Willoughby
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM CAMPBELL. Appeal from the Criminal and Law Conrt of Campbell County. — Ser Hicks, Jndge.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil
This action was brought to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of James Willoughby. There was a judgment for $3,000 damages in the criminal and law court of Campbell county, from which an appeal *259was prayed to the court of civil appeals. That court held that the trial court should have sustained the plaintiff in error’s motion for peremptory instructions, and accordingly dismissed the suit. The case was then brought here by the writ of certiorari.
We think the court of civil appeals reached the correct conclusion. The intestate had been for some time in the employ of the plaintiff in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Larmore v. . Crown Point Iron Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. BryanIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Felton v. AubreyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896
- Indian Refining Co. v. MobleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
- Memphis Street Railway Co. v. RoeTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Stagner v. CraigTennessee Supreme Court · 1929
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- Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation v. James A. StapletonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
- Texas-Louisiana Power Co. v. WebsterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
- Walker v. WilliamsTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
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