Colsher v. Tennessee Electric Power Co.

The transcript contains the record of three cases brought separately against the Tennessee Electric Power Company, but, by consent, tried together in the circuit court. The three plaintiffs below were, respectively, W. M. Colsher, Mrs. W. M. Colsher and Mrs. M. E. Colsher.

At the close of all the evidence, the trial judge, on motion of the defendant, peremptorily directed the jury to return a verdict against W. M. Colsher and Mrs. M. E. Colsher, and dismissed their respective cases at their cost, from which judgments W. M. Colsher and Mrs. M. E. Colsher (after motions for new trial in their…