Memphis Street Railway Co. v. Roe
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County.— J. P. Young, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Beabd
In this canse the defendant in error in the court below obtained a verdict (upon which judgment was pronounced) for $4,000 as damages for personal injuries sustained by him, the result of alleged negligence on the part of the street railway company.
On this appeal it is assigned for error that the trial judge declined to grant a peremptory instruction to find for the defendant below, the present plaintiff in error. This assignment is placed on two grounds, the first of which is that the record shows, as is claimed by uncon-troverted testimony, negligence on the part of the plaintiff below…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. BryanIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Parker v. Pennsylvania Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1893
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. MillerIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
- Chapman v. . New Haven Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Woodell v. West Virginia Improvement Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1893
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