Legal Opinion

Dyer v. Dyer

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided November 29, 1941PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Chambliss

This is an action seeldng damages for false imprisonment in the State Hospital for the Insane. Three defendants are named, Earl Dyer, the former husband of plaintiff, and Doctors Cox and Hicks. Demurrers were sustained and the case dismissed. Appealing, plaintiff in error concedes the correctness of the action of the trial court on the demurrer of Earl Dyer, shown to have been the husband of the plaintiff when the alleged wrongs were inflicted. Error is assigned for the other defendants below, it being insisted that a cause of action is stated in the declaration as to them.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cooley v. GalyonTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Shadden v. McElweeTennessee Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Johnson v. NelmsTennessee Supreme Court · 1937

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Mezullo v. MaletzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
  2. Bailey v. McGillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
  3. Bromund v. HoltWisconsin Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Snyder v. FagetSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  5. Jones v. TriceTennessee Supreme Court · 1962

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