Legal Opinion
Harbison v. Briggs Bros. Paint Mfg. Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 1962Published
1Opinion of the Court
354 S.W.2d 464 (1962)
James M. HARBISON
v.
BRIGGS BROS. PAINT MFG. CO.
Supreme Court of Tennessee.
February 8, 1962.
Karl L. Bishop, Joseph L. Lackey, Nashville, for petitioner.
Cate & Cate, George H. Cate, Jr., Nashville, for respondent.
FELTS, Justice.
This was an action at law in tort for personal injuries. The Trial Judge entered a judgment of dismissal, upon the jury's response to a single interrogatory submitted by him to them. The Court of Appeals held this was error, but harmless, and affirmed. We granted plaintiff's petition for certiorari, and the case has been heard here.
The action was…
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- Walker v. New Mexico & Southern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Huffman v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
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