Knoxville News Co. v. Spitzer

MR. J. Pike Powers, Special Justice,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Paul H. Spitzer, a minor, by next friend, Nannie C. Spitzer, hereinafter called petitioner, recovered a judgment for $1,500 damages against the Knoxville News Company, hereinafter called defendant, for personal injuries to Paul H. Spitzer while engaged in its work. The verdict of the jury was for $2,000, but a rémittitur was suggested and accepted under protest by the petitioner. The defendant appealed to the court of appeals, and this judgment was by that court reversed and the suit dismissed'. A petition for certiorari…