Legal Opinion

Conelly v. Nashville

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 19, 1897PublishedCited by 32 opinions

FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Davidson County. John» W. Childress, J.

1Opinion of the CourtBeard, J.

In this cause the plaintiffs seek to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by Mrs. Conelly, the result, as is alleged, of the negligence of one of the defendant’s servants. The declaration avers that while Mrs. Conelly was sitting in *263her buggy, which was standing near the sidewalk of one of the streets of the city of Nashville, a driver of a sprinkling cart, engaged in the service of the city, negligently collided with the wheels of the buggy, so that the animal attached thereto taking fright, in his movements overturned the buggy and 'inflicted the injury complained of.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Maxmilian v. . MayorNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
  2. City of Richmond v. Long's Adm'rsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1867
  3. Mead v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Moynihan v. ToddMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
  2. Ashbury v. City of NorfolkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
  3. City of Denver v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
  4. City of Tuscaloosa v. FittsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  5. Mayor of Nashville v. BurnsTennessee Supreme Court · 1915

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