Legal Opinion
Fortune v. Holmes
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided August 29, 1960PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarney, J.
The jury below rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Miss Jean E. Holmes, in the amount of $12,000 as compensation for personal injuries sustained when she fell from a horse while taking a riding lesson at the riding academy located in Shelby County, Tennessee, operated by the defendants, W. Harold Fortune and Fortune-Ward Drug Company, Inc. Defendants have prosecuted their appeal-in-error from the judgment entered below upon the verdict of the jury.
The accident occurred on October 12, 19'57. Plaintiff Miss Jean E. Holmes, aged 38, a secretary to a vice-president of Murdock Acceptance…
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