Legal Opinion

Railroad v. Bean

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 7, 1895PublishedCited by 24 opinions

EROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from Circuit Court of Davidson County. N. D. Malone, Sp. J.

1Opinion of the CourtMcAlister, J.

This action was commenced in the Circuit Court of Davidson County by George Bean, administrator of Frank Murray, deceased, *389against the .Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, to recover damages for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate.

It appears from the record that, at the loans in quo of the accident, the defendant company, had constructed two parallel tracks. The deceased, when first seen, was walking on the main line towards Nashville, hut, as a train approached him from the city, he crossed over, and, continuing his journey, walked on the cross-ties of the Southeastern track,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Schwarz v. JuddSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
  2. Loague v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Webb v. Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Railway Co. v. LillyTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Railroad v. PittTennessee Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. Felton v. SpiroCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
  3. Davidson Benedict Co. v. SeversonTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Whitson, Admr. v. T.C. Ry. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1931
  5. Kerner v. Trans-Mississippi Terminal R. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1925

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