Legal Opinion
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Hadley
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided May 3, 1930PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrownover, J.
This was an action by Mrs. Hadley to recover damages for personal injuries suffered as a result of gross negligence in ejecting her from a passenger train in the rain on a high fill between stations in North Nashville. She was the wife of an employee of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Lonis Railway, which railway was connected with the defendant Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, and was attempting to ride on a free pass from Nashville to Madisonville, Kentucky.
She averred in her declaration that the defendant railroad was guilty of wilful, wanton and gross negligence, and sought to…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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