C. N. O. & T. P. Railway Co. v. Harris
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM ROANE. Appeal in error from tlie Circuit Court of Roane County. — George L. Burke, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAlister
The plaintiff below recovered a verdict against the railroad company for the sum of $1,800 as damages for the breach of a contract of carriage, and for personal indignities offered her while a passenger on one of defendant’s trains. On motion for a new trial a remittitur of $303 was suggested by the trial judge, which was accepted by the plaintiff, and a judgment pronounced on the verdict of the jury against the defendant company for the sum of $1,497. The company appealed, and has assigned errors.
*503The record reveals that on the 15th of June, 1903, Mrs. Harris purchased from the agent of the…
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- Knoxville Traction Co. v. LaneTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
- Mosher v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Boylan v. Hot Springs RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- McKay v. Ohio River RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
- O'Rourke v. Street Ry. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1899
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