Legal Opinion

Nashville, C. & St. L. R. v. Parks

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1916PublishedCited by 7 opinions

FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hamilton County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— NathaN L. BaohmaN, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

This is a suit begun by Parks to recover for the alleged wrongful death of his intestate, Miss Nancy McPhail, in a collision at Boyce Station, on defendant company’s line.

On the east side of the depot in that village are the main track and a sidewalk of defendant, and on the west side are the tracks of the Cincinnati Southern, the lines of the two companies running parallel past the depot. South of the depot is Wilder street, which crosses at right angles all these tracks. Beck street runs at right angles with Wilder street and parallel with the defendant’s tracks; it being the first street…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Railroad Company v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Northern Pacific Railroad v. FreemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  3. Todd v. Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Patton v. Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Middle Tennessee R. v. McMillanTennessee Supreme Court · 1915

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hurt v. Yazoo & M. V. R.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Tennessee Cent. Ry. Co. v. PageTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Tennessee Central Railway Co. v. HayesCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1928
  4. Belcher v. Tennessee Central Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  5. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. BarnesTennessee Supreme Court · 1941

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