Legal Opinion
Taylor v. McCowat-Mercer Printing Co.
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided June 13, 1939No. 4PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, District Judge.
In this tort action for death by wrongful act, the administrator was awarded $7,500 damages by jury verdict; and judgment thereon has been entered.
A motion for a new trial is now presented, embracing also a motion, under Rule 50(b), Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, to set aside the jury verdict and judgment, and to grant defendant’s motion for a directed verdict.
The substantial questions are: (1) Did the court properly permit the jury to decide whether the deceased was an invitee, or a licensee, in the defendant company’s building when he met his…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Bennett v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Plummer v. DillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Glaser v. RothschildSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- Pauckner v. WakemIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Bivin v. Southern Oil Service, Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1965
- De Soto Auto Hotel, Inc. v. Clarence McDonoughCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955