O'Rourke v. Street Ry. Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM SHELBY. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Shelby County. L. H. Estes, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
Hugh O’Rourke brought this action against the Citizens’ Street Railway Company *127to recover damages for an alleged wrongful and unlawful expulsion from one of its cars. The jury returned a verdict against him, and upon that verdict a judgment of dismissal was entered by direction of the Court.
Having appealed in error, O’Rourke seeks a reversal, remand, and new trial for several reasons assigned.
Shortly after 2 o’clock in the afternoon of March 7, 1897, the plaintiff, with his wife and three small children, embarked upon a Beale and Lane avenue car of the defendant in the city of Memphis, and,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Winter's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Head v. Georgia Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Frederick v. Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
- Bradshaw v. South Boston RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Hufford v. Grand Rapids & Indiana RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Allen v. MeltonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1936
- Forrester v. Southern Pacific Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1913
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. SatterwhiteTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
- Samuelson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1906
- Smith v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
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