North Memphis Sav. Bank v. Union Bridge & Construction Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and By certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. —Bun L. Capell, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Neil
These two actions were brought separately in the circuit court of Shelby county for the death of the two intestates mentioned in the margin, but, resting on the. same facts, were consolidated and heard together;
*164John Koch and Alexander Johnson were members of a construction crew in the service of the Union Bridge & Construction Company, which was engaged in building the great bridge, known as the Harrihan Bridge, across the Mississippi river, at Memphis. They were killed while descending the man shaft of one of the bridge piers in course of construction on the Arkansas side of the river. It is…
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