Legal Opinion
Christofiel v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 11, 1956PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcAMIS, P. J.
The plaintiff, Mary Jane Christofiel, claims to have sustained personal injuries while riding in an automobile operated by defendant’s intestate, Kyle Anderson Wells. The trial court, following Waggoner v. Dorris, 17 Tenn. App. 420, 68 S. W. (2d) 142, held incompetent, as relating to a “transaction” with the intestate, plaintiff’s proffered testimony that she was in an automobile operated by the deceased and that it was being operated at 90 miles per hour into an intersection when it overturned killing the driver and injuring her. George Christofiel, father of Mary Jane Christofiel, sued in a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Griswold v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Krantz v. KrantzWisconsin Supreme Court · 1933
- Boyd v. . WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1934
- McCarthy v. WoolstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Day v. StickleDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
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