Memphis Street Railway Co. v. Shaw
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal m error from the Circuit Court of Shelby County. — J. P. Young, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkes
This is an action for damages for personal injuries. It was tried before a jury in the court below, and there was a verdict for $5,000. On motion for a new trial, $2,000 of this amount was remitted, and judgment was rendered for $3,000 and costs, and the street car company has appealed and assigned errors.
The substance of the complaint is that plaintiff was negligently carried beyond her destination on her trip out from the city to her home, and was afterwards carried on to the terminus of the road, and brought back, *472and again wantonly carried beyond ber destination on ber return.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Knoxville Traction Co. v. LaneTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
- American Lead Pencil Co. v. DavisTennessee Supreme Court · 1901
- Nashville, Etc., Railway Co. v. NormanTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
- Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. ShawTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
- Gilbert v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Hotelling v. Fargo-Western Oil Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1925
- Blalock v. TempleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1954
- White v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson CountyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
- McClellan v. Tennessee Electric Power Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1938
- Neville v. Southern Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1912
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