Nashville C. & St. L. Ry. v. Katzman

In this case, Katzman sued the Railway for personal injuries (hernia) received while riding as a passenger on a day coach of th’e Railway between Tullahoma and Nashville. In the Circuit Court,, after overruling motion for directed verdict, the Trial Judge approved a judgment of $750 against the Railway, which appealed to the Court of Appeals, and that Court, holding that the motion for directed verdict, should have been sustained, reversed and dismissed the case.

Plaintiff has filed petition for certiorari, in which he makes two specifications of negligence to support his allegation of…