Railroad v. Northington
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MONTGOMERY. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Montgomery County. A. II. Muneord, J.
1Opinion of the CourtSnodgrass, J.
The defendant in error sued and obtained a verdict for $5,000 damages of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company for the negligent killing of her husband. Pending motion for a new trial, $2,000 of this amount was remitted, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for $3,000. The railroad company appealed.
Several errors are assigned, the first being that there was no evidence of negligence. The accident occurred on a hand-car running from a point north of Hampton Station, in Montgomery County, to a point south of said station, where the hands using the car were to resume work after…
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