Ferrill v. Southern Railway Co.

OPINION

PARROTT, Judge.

In this suit plaintiff, Doris J. Ferrill, sues for personal injuries and her husband seeks to recover for loss of services and property damages as an alleged result of the Southern Railway’s failure to properly exercise its common law duty in constructing and maintaining its tracks where they cross Ailor Avenue in Knoxville.

Originally there were other defendants but in this appeal we are only concerned with the action between the plaintiffs and the Southern Railway because the other defendants have either been nonsuited or dismissed.

In the trial below the jury returned a…