Bryson v. Bramlett

321 S.W.2d 555 (1958)

Luther E. BRYSON et ux., Petitioners,

v.

J. D. BRAMLETT et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 12, 1958.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1959.

Wood & Wood, Walter T. Wood and Carl J. Wood, Chattanooga, for petitioners.

Louis J. Epstein, Chattanooga, for respondents.

SWEPSTON, Justice.

This case comes to this Court on a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals at Knoxville. The only question involved is whether or not the Chancery Court in Tennessee has authority to allow punitive damages.

The bill was filed in the Chancery Court of Hamilton County by Bryson…