Bristol Telephone Co. v. Weaver
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM BRISTOL. Appeal from Circuit Court of Sullivan County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — Hon. D. A. Yines, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hall
An action of damages instituted jointly in the law court at Bristol, by Lula B. Weaver, administratrix of Edward E. Goodwin, deceased, against Bristol Telephone Company and Bristol Gas & Electric Company (both private corporations), to recover for the alleged negligent killing of plaintiffs intestate, Edward E. Goodwin, on February 7, 1920.
Plaintiff’s intestate, at the time lie was killed, was in the employ of the Bristol Telephone Company as one of its linemen, and had been so engaged for some four or five months previous to his death. The accident which caused his death, occurred on Holston…
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