Legal Opinion
Lee v. Tennessee Central Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided December 1, 1928PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtCrownover, J.
This action was brought for $10,000 damages by the administratrix of Zeb Lee, for the death of her intestate as a result of a collision with defendant's engine and train. The action was brought .under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act for the use and benefit of the widoAV and two minor children of the intestate. The defendant pleaded the general issue.
The action was tried by the court and a jury, and upon motion the court directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and she has appealed in error and has assigned only one error, which is, in…
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- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. Di DonatoSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- San Pedro, L. A. & S. L. R. v. DavideCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
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- Gridley v. Liberty Mutual Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1961