East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Motor Transp. Co. v. Brooks

This suit was brought by the administrator of Tressa Brooks, alleging that she was killed by the negligent operation of a motor truck belonging to East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Motor Transportation Company, hereafter called defendant. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the administrator for $5,000 in the circuit court. This judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeals and we have granted a petition for certiorari.

The deceased was killed on the Andrew Johnson Highway, near Russellville, Tennessee, about dark on the evening of November 28, 1936. She was run down by a…