Legal Opinion

Wilson v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided August 5, 1933PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFaw, P. J.

This is an action brought by the administratrix of the estate of Harry L. Wilson, deceased, to recover $50,000 as damages for the alleged wrongful death of her intestate.

At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence in chief, the trial corrrt sustained a motion of the defendant for a directed verdict and dismissed the case, whereupon the plaintiff administratrix, after her motion for a new trial was overruled, appealed in error to this court, and is here complaining of the action of the trial court in directing a verdict for the defendant, and in excluding, on motion of defendant, certain…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Robinson v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  2. Hull v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
  3. Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. v. CampagnaTennessee Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Moon v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1921
  5. Hart v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1909

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. MiddlebrooksTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Blackburn v. MurphyTennessee Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Seay v. City of KnoxvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
  4. Lee v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1986
  5. Reed v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1974

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