Legal Opinion

Jones v. Agnew

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1954PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swepston

The petition for certiorari in this case is denied and we concur in the reasoning of the opinion of the Court of Appeals except for the existence of what we deem to be an error in the opinion of that Court with reference to the second element of the rule of circumstantial evidence quoted on page four of the opinion of that Court from the case of Good v. Tennessee Coach Co., 30 Tenn. App. 575, 209 S. W. (2d) 41, 44; that is,

“ (2) that it was being operated by a person generally employed by the owner as his servant”.

On page five of the opinion of that Court it is said in part,

"In the case at…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Frank v. WrightTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Halkias v. Wilkoff Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. LambTennessee Supreme Court · 1918
  4. McMahan v. TuckerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1948
  5. Davis v. Newsome Auto Tire & Vulcanizing Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1919

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Sadler v. DraperCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1959
  2. Ferguson v. TomerlinCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
  3. Southern Railway Company v. Willie Sula Brown JonesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
  4. Haggard v. Jim Clayton Motors, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Sadler v. DraperCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1959

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