Legal Opinion
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Mangrum
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 28, 1932PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHeiskell, J.
This suit was instituted to recover damages on account of the death of J. T. Mangrum, Jr., a child about three and one-half years of age, claimed to have been killed by one of the Railway’s trains on November 28, 1931, while playing on an overhead bridge just east of Camden, Tennessee.
At the conclusion of all of the evidence in the case the Railway moved for a directed verdict in its favor on each count of the declaration. The motion was overruled and the Railway seasonably excepted.
The jury returned a verdict against the railway in the sum of $10,000.
The Railway seasonably filed its motion…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- New York Central Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- P. J. Willis & Bro. v. McNeillTexas Supreme Court · 1882
- Prewitt-Spurr Manufacturing Co. v. WoodallTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
- Watkins v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
- Pullman Co. v. PennockTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Herstein v. KemkerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1936
- Perkins v. SadlerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1991
- J. Avery Bryan, Inc. v. HubbardCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1949
- Woods v. MeachamCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1959
- Williams v. BridgefordCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1964
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