Sreet Railroad & Tel. Companies v. Simmons
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MADISON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Madison County. R. W. Haynes, Special Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlisteR, J.
Mrs. Simmons- recovered a joint judgment against the telephone and street railroad companies, for the sum of $2,500, for the wrongful killing of her husband, R. P. Simmons. Both companies appealed, and numerous errors are assigned.
A preliminary motion is interposed in behalf of the defendant in error to dismiss the appeal, upon the ground that it was granted after the ■ expiration of the term — that is to say, after the term had expired, by • law. The record shows that the Circuit Court of Chester County begins its fall term on the third Monday in October, and that, .in 1900, it should have…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bergin v. Southern New England Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
3Cited by22 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. RayTennessee Supreme Court · 1910
- Dunn v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
- Thomason v. TrenthamTennessee Supreme Court · 1941
- Stiles v. LawrieCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954
- Bristol Telephone Co. v. WeaverTennessee Supreme Court · 1921
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