Legal Opinion

Norris v. Richards

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 9, 1952PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil

This ease should be styled as in the trial court, to-wit, Mrs. Florence M. Richards v. B. C. Norris, et al., and the parties will be thus referred to in this opinion.

Tlie plaintiff sued B. C. Norris, Clarksville Masonic Temple, Inc., Isaac Buck, Jr., W. T. Summers and Tliomas Lewis, doing business as Summers-Lewis Excavating Company, Joe B. Baxter and Mrs. Bess H. Simpson, as joint tort-feasors, for the wrongful death of her husband. The case was tried to a jury resulting in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants for $50,000.

At the time of the accident the plaintiff’s…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. International Harvester Co. v. SartainCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1948
  2. Tennessee Central Railroad v. VanhoyTennessee Supreme Court · 1920
  3. Smith v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Hall ex rel. Hall v. McClureSupreme Court of Kansas · 1923
  5. Gentry v. Betty Lou BakeriesTennessee Supreme Court · 1937

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. State v. RobinsonTennessee Supreme Court · 2004
  2. State of Tennessee v. Hubert Glenn SextonTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
  3. State v. GarlandCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  4. State v. GlebockCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1981
  5. Redbud Cooperative Corp. v. ClaytonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1985

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