Railroad v. Stonecipher
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MORGAN. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Morgan County. S. A. Rodgers, J.
1Opinion of the CourtCaddwedd, J.
E. T. Stoneeipher brought this action to recover damages from the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company for killing a team of horses on its unfenced track. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $300, and the Court pronounced judgment for that amount, and all costs. The defendant appealed in error.
Stoneeipher owned two horses, which he used in hauling cross-ties to the road of the defendant. On June 18, 1892, after unloading his wagon, he started to the village of Sunbright. Being overtaken, on the way, by a rain and hail storm, he alighted from his wagon,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Railroad v. CriderTennessee Supreme Court · 1892
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- Railroad v. HughesTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
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