Legal Opinion
Doughty v. Grills
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 18, 1952PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, P. J.
The original bill seeks an injunction against the defendants, R. E. Grills and T. W. Wooten, restraining them from acting as “runners” and solicitors of personal injury claims against railroads on behalf of certain attorneys, particularly one by the name of Joseph B. McGlynn, of East!St. Louis, Illinois.
Pursuant to a demand by the defendants, a jury was empaneled to try the issues of fact. To questions propounded, the jury answered that neither defendant had “solicited or recommended employment to any of the injured persons shown in the proof with respect to the settlement of their claims ’ ’.
2Cases cited25 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Illinois State Bar Ass'n v. Peoples Stock Yards State BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
- Matter of Co-Operative Law Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
- R.I. Bar Asso. v. Auto. Service Asso.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1935
- Dale v. Thomas H. Temple Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1948
- Fitchette v. TaylorSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1934
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3Cited by16 opinions
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In Re Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
- Anderson County Quarterly Court v. Judges of the 28th Judicial CircuitCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1978
- Baker v. HooperCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
- City of Columbia v. LentzCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1955
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