Perkins v. Brown
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from ' the Supreme Court.— J. P. Young, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
Brown’s automobile was injured in a collision with the automobile of Perkins, due to the negligent operation of the latter machine by the chauffeur; and the only questions raised for determination by the petition for certiorari and the accompanying assignments of error are as to the right to damages and as to the true measure of damages for the consequent detention of the injured automobile in shop for repairs.
The car of Brown was one used for pleasure, and not in trade or for profit. During the period of detention for repairs Brown paid nothing for the hire of a substitute automobile, and he…
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