Legal Opinion

Anderson v. Miller

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided January 17, 1896PublishedCited by 42 opinions

FROM DAYIDSON. Appeal in error from Second Circuit Court of Davidson County. Claude Waller, J.

1Opinion of the CourtWilkes, J.

This is an action for damages growing out of a fire upon premises belonging to plaintiffs, Miller and wife, but occupied by Anderson, and by Grantland as lessee or tenant under Anderson. The cause was tried before the Court and jury, and judgment rendered for plaintiffs for $1,700, and defendants have appealed and assigned errors.

It appears that Anderson and Mrs. Miller owned adjoining stores, or business houses, in Nashville, the buildings being only a few inches apart, the roofs coming down together, and being drained by the same gutter. In August, 1891, Anderson, being pressed for room in…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Carpenter v. Providence Washington InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
  2. Perrott v. ShearerMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
  3. Kernochan v. . the New-York Bowery Fire Insurance CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
  4. Clark v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  5. Merrick v. BrainardNew York Supreme Court · 1860

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Benson v. Tennessee Valley Electric CooperativeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
  2. St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. BellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  3. Chattanooga Light & Power Co. v. HodgesTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Page v. ScottSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
  5. Fairbanks, Morse & Co. v. GambillTennessee Supreme Court · 1919

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