Sweet v. Electric Light Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. • Appeal from Circuit Court of Hamilton County. JOHN A. MOON, J.
1Opinion of the CourtWiLKES, J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries, caused . by the bursting of the fly wheel of defendant’s engine, June 23, 1893. On June 22, 1894, plaintiff began suit against defendant and its receiver for such damages in the United *253States District Court at Chattanooga. The declaration in this case alleges that the suit was dismissed by the Chattanooga Court for want of jurisdiction. This suit was then brought on the fifteenth day of May, 1895. Demurrer was interposed, setting up statute of limitation of one year — Code, M. & Y., § 3469 — and alleging that the action in the Federal Court…
2Cited by25 opinions
- Gaines v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Pecos & Northern Texas Railway Co. v. RayzorTexas Supreme Court · 1915
- Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Willie Worthams v. Atlanta Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- Tompkins v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
20 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.