Jones v. City of Knoxville

John H. Jones and Katherine Plummer separately sued the City of Knoxville to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by them when the automobile in which they were riding, driven by J ones, collided with a manhole on J ásper street in the City of Knoxville. The two cases were tried together and the results were a verdict in favor of Jones for $300 and in favor of Katherine Plummer for $500. On defendant’s motion for a new trial, the verdict in favor of Jones was set aside and defendant’s motion, made on the trial, for a directed verdict in its favor, was granted.…