Legal Opinion
Burkett v. Johnston
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 13, 1955PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarney, J.
This is an appeal by the defendant below from a judgment of $7,500 in favor of the plaintiff, Mrs. Dorothy Gibbs Johnston, for the unlawful death of her husband, Thomas Jefferson Johnston.
Plaintiff-in-error has made eight Assignments of Error. Assignment of Error #1 is directed to the action of the Trial Court in refusing to sustain the defendant’s Motion for a Directed Verdict at the conclusion of all the proof. Therefore, we will discuss first the evidence as presented:
On Sunday morning, May 17, 1953, about 6:30 A. M. the passenger automobile. owned by the deceased, Raymond Maxwell Burkett,…
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