Railroad v. Ginley
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MONTGOMERY. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Montgomery County. M. D. Smallman, J., sitting by interchange.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
Patrick Grinley recovered a judgment for |800 against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for personal injuries to his minor son, John, while temporarily in its employment as a brakeman. The railroad company appealed in error, and presented several reasons for asking a reversal and new trial.
Among these reasons, and the only one that need be considered in this opinion, the others being considered orally, is the alleged want of authority on the part of the conductor, on whose invitation John Ginley- claims to have entered the service, to make the employment for the company. There is…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. McMurrayIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Georgia Pacific Railway Co. v. PropstSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Sloan v. Central Iowa Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1883
- Georgia Pacific Railroad v. PropstSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Church v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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- Hendrickson v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
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