Legal Opinion

Allen v. Chamberlain

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1915PublishedCited by 6 opinions

FROM PUTNAM. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Pütnam County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — C. E. SNODGRASS, Judge. „ .

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creen

This suit was brought by plaintiff below against the receivers of the Tennessee Central Railroad Company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while in the employ of said receivers. There was a directed verdict in favor of the defendants below. On appeal this judgment was reversed by the court of civil appeals, and the case is before us on petition for certiorari.

The plaintiff below was a section hand, and was thrown from a hand car, run over by the car, and *440severely injured. He belonged to a crew wMcb worked on that portion of the railroad in the neighborhood of Baxter…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Northern Pacific Railroad v. CharlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. NeedhamCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
  3. Hopkins v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
  4. Railroad v. NorthingtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Gann v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1898

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. D. M. Rose & Co. v. SnyderTennessee Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Marshall v. South Pittsburg Lumber & Coal Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Southern Railway Co. v. HensleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Morrison v. National Life & Accident Ins.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Singer Sewing Machine Co. v. OdomSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935

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