Memphis Consol. Gas & Electric Co. v. Creighton
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District; of Tennessee. Action at law by Mrs. Lawrence Creighton and Lawrence Creighton against the Memphis Consolidated Gas & Electric Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERENS, Circuit Judge.
This is an action to recover damages for a personal injury to the plaintiff Mrs. Creighton, resulting from the alleged negligence of the defendant.
The facts upon which the action is founded are, substantially, as follows: The defendant, now plaintiff in error, is a .corporation doing a general business such as its name implies in the city of Memphis. Among its patrons was a Mrs. Bramhall, who owned and occupied a house on Washington street in that city. She had rented out the rooms, one of them to the plaintiffs, who were occupying it. The defendant had made a contract…
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