Gipson v. Memphis Street Railway Co.

This is a suit for the alleged wrongful death of the original plaintiff, Mrs. Zelma B. Gipson. On the trial below, at the conclusion of all the proof, His Honor, the Trial Judge, directed a verdict in favor of the defendant on the ground that the death of the deceased was not caused by the alleged unlawful act of the defendant.

The original plaintiff, Mrs. Gipson, aged 58, died on December 18,1957, during the course of an operation for the removal of a brain tumor. Her children, the present plaintiffs, insist that her death was hastened by an electric shock which she received on September…