Legal Opinion

Park v. Sinclair Refining Co.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided January 1, 1940PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPortrum, J.

This is the last chapter of the career of Mr. J. Frank Park, age sixty-four, a distinguished lawyer of the Jefferson County Bar, and of this Bar, an estimable gentleman, highly esteemed by the public and loved by his friends and associates. He died tragically during an interruption of his work and with his boots on. The court regrets to write the chapter with a disappointing ending.

His widow instituted this suit as his administratrix and sues the defendants for maintaining a nuisance upon the property in which each had an interest by the creation and maintenance of a pitfall endangering the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Bennett v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. East Tennessee Coal Co. v. DanielTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Ill. Cent. R. Co. v. NicholsTennessee Supreme Court · 1938
  4. East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad v. LindamoodTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Memphis St. Ry Co. v. CavellTennessee Supreme Court · 1916

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Eaton v. McLainTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Kendall Oil Company v. PayneCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1955
  3. Underwood v. HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
  4. City of Kingsport v. LaneCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1951
  5. Broome v. Parkview, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1962

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