Willis v. Heath
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the CourtFaw, P. J.
Mrs. Nettie Heath sued Jack Willis and Ben Beeves, in the circuit court of Butherford county, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of her husband, W. D. Heath, and obtained a verdict of a jury, and judgment thereon, for $2,500 and costs of suit.
After the overrulement of their motion for a new trial, the defend ants appealed in error to this court, and are bere insisting, through assignments of error, brief, and oral argument of counsel, at the bar, that there was no evidence adduced in the cause upon which a verdict for plaintiff and against defendants could be predicated, and…
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