Leading Cases of the Court of Civil Appeals of the State of Tennessee: With Syllabi and Notes, Volume 4Press of Marshall & Bruce Company, 1914 |
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... cause is before us on the appeal of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company from a judgment against it in the Circuit Court of Haywood County for $ 3,500 . The jury returned its verdict against the defendant company for $ 7,500 ...
... cause is before us on the appeal of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company from a judgment against it in the Circuit Court of Haywood County for $ 3,500 . The jury returned its verdict against the defendant company for $ 7,500 ...
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... cause of this , as explained by the physician , is that certain muscles of the body on the right side are paralyzed by the blow received on the arm of the seat , and the result of this paralysis is to cause the same muscles on the ...
... cause of this , as explained by the physician , is that certain muscles of the body on the right side are paralyzed by the blow received on the arm of the seat , and the result of this paralysis is to cause the same muscles on the ...
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... cause his body was still drawn to the left , because of the paralysis of the muscles mentioned : An eminent ... caused by the injury the plaintiff received in this collision . Plaintiff himself says , that as a result of the injury , he ...
... cause his body was still drawn to the left , because of the paralysis of the muscles mentioned : An eminent ... caused by the injury the plaintiff received in this collision . Plaintiff himself says , that as a result of the injury , he ...
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... cause , to do any work whatever . He says himself he had not been able to do any work , and it is not shown by the ... caused him . In view of the fact that both physicians who examined him say he will gradually grow worse , it is ...
... cause , to do any work whatever . He says himself he had not been able to do any work , and it is not shown by the ... caused him . In view of the fact that both physicians who examined him say he will gradually grow worse , it is ...
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... cause . This , however , is the expression of an opin- ion by Mr. Justice Cooper upon a question not raised by the assignment , and is , therefore , dictum . These statements , however , of these learned jurists , in- dicate the trend ...
... cause . This , however , is the expression of an opin- ion by Mr. Justice Cooper upon a question not raised by the assignment , and is , therefore , dictum . These statements , however , of these learned jurists , in- dicate the trend ...
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Page 531 - The question always is, was there an unbroken connection between the wrongful act and the injury, — a continuous operation? Did the facts constitute a continuous succession of events, so linked together as to make a natural whole, or was there some new and independent cause intervening between the wrong and the injury?
Page 394 - The vital principle is that he who by his language or conduct leads another to do what he would not otherwise have done, shall not subject such person to loss or injury by disappointing the expectations upon which he acted. Such a change of position is sternly forbidden. It involves fraud and falsehood, and the law abhors both.
Page 512 - A negotiable instrument is discharged : 1. By payment in due course by or on behalf of the principal debtor ; 2. By payment in due course by the party accommodated, where the instrument is made or accepted for accommodation; 3. By the intentional cancellation thereof by the holder; 4. By any other act which will discharge a simple contract for the payment of money; 5. When the principal debtor becomes the holder of the instrument at or after maturity in his own right.
Page 501 - The laws of the United States are laws in the several States, and just as much binding on the citizens and courts thereof as the state laws are. "The United States is not a foreign sovereignty, as regards the several States, but is a concurrent and, within its jurisdiction, paramount sovereignty.
Page 498 - Any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act, upon application of any lateral, branch line of railroad, or of any shipper tendering interstate traffic for transportation, shall construct, maintain, and operate upon reasonable terms a switch connection with any such lateral, branch...
Page 499 - Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 501 - If an Act of Congress gives a penalty (meaning civil and remedial) to a party aggrieved, without specifying a remedy for its enforcement, there is no reason why it should not be enforced, if not provided otherwise by some Act of Congress, by a proper action in a State Court.
Page 513 - A person secondarily liable on the instrument is discharged: 1. By any act which discharges the instrument; 2. By the intentional cancellation of his signature by the holder; 3. By the discharge of a prior party; 4. By a valid tender of payment made by a prior party; 5. By a release of the principal debtor, unless the holder's right of recourse against the party secondarily liable is expressly reserved; 6.
Page 20 - The Inviolability of the person is as much invaded by a compulsory stripping and exposure as by a blow. To compel any one, and especially a woman, to lay bare the body, or to submit it to the touch of a stranger, without lawful authority, is an indignity, an assault, and a trespass...
Page 512 - primarily" liable on an instrument is the person who by the terms of the instrument is absolutely required to pay the same. All other parties are "secondarily