Terry v. Burford
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Davidson County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court.— Thos. E. Matthews, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chibb Justice Neil
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This action was brought in the circuit court of Davidson county to recover damages for the unlawful killing of Lawson Burford, Jr., son of the defendant in error. There were verdict and judgment for $3,500, and the plaintiffs in error appealed to the court of civil appeals. There the judgment as to Terry was affirmed, but reversed as to the other plaintiffs in error; that court holding that the trial judge should have granted a peremptory instruction in favor of the latter. The case then came here by certiorari.
The facts are as follows:…
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