Legal Opinion

Tennessee Central Railroad v. Vanhoy

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1920PublishedCited by 61 opinions

FROM CUMBERLAND. Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Cumberland County to tbe Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to tbe Court of Civil Appeals from tbe Supreme Court. — Hon. C. E. Snodgbass, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hall

An action of damages brought 'by Phillip Yanhoy, as surviving husband of Ida Yanhoy, deceased, against the Tennessee Central Railroad Company, W. K., McAlister, and H. W. Stanley, receivers, and N. G. Hitshew and G. W. Thauscher, as administrators of the estate of J. T. Hitshew, deceased, to recover for the alleged negligent killing of his wife on August 4, 1917, at a grade crossing of the Tennessee Central Railroad Company within the corporate limits of the town of Crossville, Tenn.

*318For convenience the parties .will be referred to in this opinion according to their status in the court below;…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Jacobs v. JacobsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
  2. Shultz v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  3. Colegrove v. New York & New Haven RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
  4. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. ShackletIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  5. Wilton v. Middlesex RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871

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3Cited by61 opinions

  1. Schwartz v. JohnsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Bass v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Higgins v. MasonNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  4. Dedman v. DedmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Sullivan v. CrabtreeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1953

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