Legal Opinion
Gill v. Godwin
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided September 18, 1967PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarney, J.
The defendant below, E. H. Godwin, has appealed from a decree of the Chancery Court of Shelby County awarding judgment, based upon a jury verdict, of $12,000 actual damages and $10,000 punitive damages, totaling $22,000 in favor of the complainant, Mary Gill. The complainant, an elderly colored woman with a fourth grade education, is employed as a domestic in Memphis, Tennessee. The defendant, E. H. Godwin, is in the business of buying and selling real estate and the lending of money on real estate and the buying and selling of notes secured by trusts on real estate in the City of Memphis.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Dale v. Thomas H. Temple Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1948
- Life Casualty Ins. Co. v. JettTennessee Supreme Court · 1939
- Bryson v. BramlettTennessee Supreme Court · 1958
- Evans v. BoggsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1951
- McDonald v. StoneCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1958
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Edwards v. Travelers Insurance of HartfordCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
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