Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Tomlin

We will first consider the insistence that the petition fails to comply with rule 2 of this court, with reference to petitions for certiorari. This is in effect a motion to dismiss the case. In so far as applicable to the present discussion, rule 2 is as follows: “The petition must specify plainly the decision complained of, and the alleged errors. It will not be sufficient to set out the contentions and assignments of error made in the original bill of exceptions or motion for a new trial, but it shall be necessary to plainly and specifically set forth the errors alleged to have been…