Cooper v. Overton
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Shelby County. L. H. Estes, J.
1Opinion of the CourtWilees, J.
This is an action for damages for the drowning of Oscar Cooper, the son of plaintiff, Wm. H. Cooper, the father ' being the administrator of the son. It is conceded that there is no cause of action against Jno. Overton, trustee, and as to him the action is dismissed. There was a verdict and judgment for defendant, and an appeal by plaintiff, as administrator, and he has assigned errors.
The facts, so far as necessary to be stated, az*e that Oscar Cooper, a boy about ten years of age, was drowned by falling from a plank upon which he was attempting to float upon a pond of water upon a lot owned…
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