Knoxville Traction Co. v. Lane
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM KNOX. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Knox County. Joseph W. SNEED, J.
1Opinion of the Court
*S. G-. Shields., Sp. J.
This action was brought by J. E. Lane and his wife; Maggie Lane, against the Knoxville Traction Company, a common carrier of passengers, to recover damages for injuries to the feelings and sensibilities of Maggie Lane while she was a passenger on one of the street cars of the defendant company, growing out of an al*378leged breach of its contract of carriage, caused by insulting and indecent language used to and about her by one of the company’s employees in charge of said car. The declaration contains three counts.
The second count of the declaration alleges that the…
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