Legal Opinion
James v. Turner
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 13, 1941PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Special Justice Alan M. Prewitt
delivered the opinion of the Court. *
The petitioners, defendants below, Carrol C. Turner et al., filed their petition for certiorari on May 3, 1941, seeking a review by this Court of an adverse judgment rendered by the Court of Appeals on March'21,1941.
Mrs. Clarence James, widow of Clarence James, instituted this suit in the circuit court of Shelby County, Tennessee, seeking to recover damages against Turner and Gotten, operating Turner-Gotten Sanatorium near Memphis, for the alleged wrongful death of Mr. James, caused by the latter plunging into a high tank…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Hawthorne v. Blythewood, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
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