Mayor of Knoxville v. Cain
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM KNOX. Appeal from Circuit Conrt, Knox County. — Yon A. Huffaker, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil
This action was brong'ht by Cain, ag’ainst the plaintiff in error to recover damages for an injury alleged .to have been inflicted npon him by the negligence of the city in permitting the existence of certain obstructions on the sidewalk of Bluff street. He recovered a judgment for $200, and from this an appeal was prosecuted to the court of civil appeals, and there the judgment was reversed. The case was then brought to this court by the writ of certiorari.
There was a motion made in the trial court for a peremptory instruction in favor of the plaintiff in error, defendant in that court.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Tyrus v. Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
- Memphis Street Railway Co. v. HaynesTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
- Carson v. City of GeneseeIdaho Supreme Court · 1903
- Knoxville v. CoxTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
- Newport Cotton Mill Co. v. MimsTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Elmore v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1931
- City of Birmingham v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1918
- Batts v. City of NashvilleCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1938
- Hill v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- Little v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1954
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