Legal Opinion

St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. Finley

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1909PublishedCited by 8 opinions

FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the. Supreme Court.

1Per curiam

This action was brought in the circuit court of Shelby county to recover damages for an injury inflicted upon the defendant in error by plaintiff in error’s railroad train, of which Forsyth was engineer, in the State of Mississippi. There was a demurrer, and judgment in the court below for $2,500, from which the plaintiff in error appealed to the court of civil appeals, and there the judgment was affirmed. A petition has been filed by the plaintiff in error in this court for the writ of certi-orari to bring the case here for trial.

We have examined the case with care, and are convinced that…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Patton v. Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Chattanooga Rapid Transit Co. v. WaltonTennessee Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Blackwell v. TownsendCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891
  4. Railway Co. v. WilsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Burke v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1872

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Graves v. Illinois Central RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Southern Ice Co. v. BlackTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Craig v. Marquette Cement Mfg. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Auburn Nashville Co. v. GrahamCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1931
  5. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1949

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