Warfield v. Railroad
Tennessee Supreme Court
EROM DAVIDSON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Davidson County. J. ' W. Childress, J.
1Opinion of the CourtWilkes, J.
These actions were for unlawfully ejecting the plaintiffs from the cars of defendant road.
They were tried together in the Court below and in this Court, and there was verdict and judgment in each case in the trial Court for the railroad, and the plaintiffs have appealed and assigned errors. The facts, so far as necessary to be stated, are that plaintiff, Willie, is a negro girl some fifteen to seventeen years of age, and plaintiff, Mary, is also a negro girl about seven years of age.
They started from Nashville together to go to Saint Bethlehem, by way of Guthrie. The girls were accompanied to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad v. HoeflichCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1884
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. DewinIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
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