Simpson v. Railway Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
EROM WASHINGTON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of "Washing-' ton County. A. J. Brown, J.
1Opinion of the CourtSnodgrass, J.
The two suits in this record were brought by plaintiff in error, on August 28, 1885, before a Justice of the Peace in Washington County, against the railway company, defendant, for damages, one for burning fence - rails, grass, and timber, and the other for killing the hogs of plaintiff, Simpson.
The summons to answer was in each case returned “ executed, and set for hearing before S. T. Shipley, Esq., March 27, 1886.”
The defendant on same day filed pleas in abatement, averring that T. L. Ernest, upon whom the summons to answer in each case was served, was *306not tbe agent of tbe defendant, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bacon, Assignee v. ParkerTennessee Superior Court for Law and Equity · 1809
3Cited by13 opinions
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- National Acc. Soc. v. SpiroCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
- Sewell v. TuthillTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. PerryCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1931
- Ennest v. Pere Marquette RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1913
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