Gamble v. Vanderbilt University
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Davidson County to the Court of Civil Appeals,, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — A. Gr. Rutherford, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil
This was an action brought in the circuit court of Davidson county against Vanderbilt University and its executive committee to recover damages for injuries inflicted upon the plaintiff’s intestate by the falling of an elevator in an office building owned and operated by the university.
The first count of the declaration contains all of the matters necessary to be considered in connection with the demurrer on which the questions for decision arise.
*619This count contains the following averments.
“ (1) That defendant Vanderbilt University is a corporation created and organized nnder the laws of…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- McDonald v. Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Fire Insurance Patrol v. BoydSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Parks v. Northwestern UniversityIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Hearns v. Waterbury HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Powers v. Massachusetts Homœopathic HospitalCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1901
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- President & Directors of Georgetown College v. HughesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Ray v. Tucson Medical CenterArizona Supreme Court · 1951
- Mississippi Baptist Hospital v. HolmesMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
- Morton v. Savannah HospitalSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Applewhite v. Memphis State UniversityTennessee Supreme Court · 1973
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