Burnett v. Layman
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM KNOX. Appeal from the* Chancery Court of Knox County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and hy certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — Von A. Huffaker, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Fáw
delivered the opinion of the Court.
On a former day of the present term of this court the petition of Manda Burnett, as “widow and next of kin” of Marion P. Burnett; the plaintiff below, for a writ of certiorari to the court of civil appeals, was dismissed.
This suit was originally brought in the circuit court of Knox county to recover damages from R. B. Layman, a physician, for alleged malpractice. The circuit court directed a verdict for defendant, and entered judgment in his favor, and the court of civil appeals affirmed that judgment. Susbequent to the entry of judgment in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Daniel v. Coal Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1900
- Posey v. PoseyTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
3Cited by2 opinions
- Burnett v. LaymanTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
- Gipson v. Memphis Street Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1962