Memphis Street Ry. Co. v. Newman

This is an action under the statute (Shannon’s Code, §§ 4025, 4026) for the death by wrongful act, in which the Memphis Street Railway Company appeals in error from a judgment for $500, recovered by John Newman, as administrator *667for his minor son, Archie Newman, for fatal injuries to the latter.

The Memphis Street Railway Company owns and operates a system of electric street cars in the city of Memphis. It has two tracks on Mississippi Avenue, a street that runs north and south. The cars move in different directions on these two tracks, those on the west track going south, and those on the…