Legal Opinion
Boyatt v. Yancey
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 16, 1987PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SANDERS, Judge.
The Defendants have appealed from a jury verdict awarding damages for personal injuries to the Plaintiffs predicated upon the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.
The Defendants-Appellants, James C. Yancey and his wife Nella Pha Yancey, are dairy farmers in Scott County. Some six years prior to the accident which is the basis of this litigation, a producing natural gas well was drilled on the Defendants’ farm. The Defendants ran a pipeline several hundred feet from the well to a point adjacent to their bam where they installed pressure tanks and a compressor for the purpose of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Casenburg v. LewisTennessee Supreme Court · 1931
- Johnson v. Ely. No. 4Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1947
- Towle v. PhillipsTennessee Supreme Court · 1943
- Provident Life & Accident Insurance v. Professional Cleaning Service, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1965
- Stinnett v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1968
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