Mayor of Nashville v. Burns
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Diavidson County to the Court of Civil Appeals and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — W. S. Beabden, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Chibe Justice Neil
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Defendant in error, a minor, sued hy next friend to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been inflicted on him by the negligence of the city’s agents in not sufficiently guarding the use of a swing in one of its parks. He recovered a verdict for $600'. His father likewise sued for damages accruing to him by reason of the injury inflicted on his son, and made a recovery of $200. The two cases were tried together. There was a motion for peremptory instructions in the trial court, which was there overruled, but, on appeal to the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Harper v. City of TopekaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1914
- Russell v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1894
- Board of Park Commissioner v. PrinzCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
- Conelly v. NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
- Steele v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
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- Emmons v. City of VirginiaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
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