Chattanooga Rapid Transit Co. v. Walton
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM HAMILTON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Hamilton County. Eloyh Estill, J.
1Opinion of the CourtWilkes, J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries. There was a trial before the *418Court and a jury, and a verdict and judgment for $1,200 and costs, and tbe transit company bas appealed and assigned errors.
It is said the Court should have sustained the. demurrer to the first count in the declaration, which is in substance that • it does not . specify any facts or circumstances as the cause of the injury, and is too vague and indefinite to support an action or apprise defendant of the ground of complaint. The allegation in this count is that defendant adid wrongfully and" negligently run one…
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