Legal Opinion

Biggert v. Memphis Power & Light Co.

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided March 19, 1935PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Chambliss

This suit was brought to recover for personal injuries suffered in an automobile collision on the streets of Memphis on March 8, 1933. Plaintiff sued jointly Memphis Power So Light Company, Kensinger Chevrolet Company, and Henry B. Frank. The jury awarded $250 damages against the three defendants. The court granted a new trial to the Power So Light Company and the Kensinger Company, and entered a judgment against Frank, which was not appealed from.

On the rehearing of the case it was tried before the circuit judge without a jury on a stipulation of facts, and by him dismissed as to both the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Frank v. WrightTennessee Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Queen v. Dayton Coal & Iron Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1895
  3. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. PritchettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
  4. Weeks v. McNultyTennessee Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Goodman v. WilsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1914

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. KetnerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1964
  2. Tennessee Trailways, Inc. v. ErvinTennessee Supreme Court · 1969
  3. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. v. HinsonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
  4. McCoy v. WillisTennessee Supreme Court · 1940
  5. Bennett v. Putnam CountyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2000

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