Chattanooga Warehouse & Cold Storage Co. v. Anderson
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hamilton County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to' the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— Hon. Nathan L. Bachman, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKinney
A. S. Anderson, the husband of the defendant in error, on October 23, 1916, fell through an open eleva*290tor shaft, located in the building occupied by the plaintiff in error, in Chattanooga, and received injuries, from which he died in a few hours.
Suit was instituted to recover damages therefor, and a verdict of $20,000 was rendered by the jury, upon which judgment was entered, after a motion for a new trial had been overruled by the court.
Upon appeal this judgment was reversed by the court of civil appeals, and the suit was dismissed; motions for peremptory instructions having been made in the…
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