Legal Opinion

Williams v. Nashville

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 2, 1901PublishedCited by 10 opinions

PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court, of Davidson County. Jno. W. Ohildeess, J.

1Opinion of the Court

Beaed, ■ J.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained, as is alleged, from the negligence of the defendant. The case *534ivas disposed of on demurrer. .The declaration averred that the city of Nashville, at the' time of the injury ivas, and for many years prior thereto Lad been, the owner of a tract of land contiguous to a public street in the populous part of the city, which it had used as a rock quarry, upon and from which it had quarried, and under contracts with others, had caused to be quarried a large amount of stone, in the course of which employment, deep and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. StoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Beck v. . CarterNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  3. Cusick v. . AdamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  4. City of Norwich v. BreedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1862
  5. Clapp v. LaGrillTennessee Supreme Court · 1899

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Chattanooga Warehouse & Cold Storage Co. v. AndersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Harrison v. Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1948
  3. Westborne Coal Co. v. WilloughbyTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Nuckles v. Tennessee Electric Power Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. EvinsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1930

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