Nashville Railway & Light Co. v. Owen

This was an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by Lillian Owen, a passenger, as a result of a rear end collision between two of defendant’s street cars in front of Ward-Belmont College in tbe City of Nashville. Defendant Railway & Light Co., pleaded the general issue of not guilty. The action was tried by the court and a jury and resulted in a verdict and judgment for $5000 in favor of plaintiff below.

The defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled. It appealed in error to this court and has assigned fifteen errors, which, when summarized, are that the court erred:(1) In…