BRETT v. CITY OF MEMPHIS


232 S.W.2d 360 (1949)

BRETT v. CITY OF MEMPHIS et al.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1949.

Certiorari Denied October 7, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Wright Mitchell, Robert M. Nelson, of Memphis, for plaintiff in error.

Charles C. Crabtree and Wesley Harvell, of Memphis, for defendant in error.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court October 7, 1949.

SWEPSTON, Judge.

This is an appeal in error by plaintiff from the granting of a peremptory instruction in favor of defendant, the Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division at the close of plaintiff's proof.

The suit was filed by Julius C. Brett for the benefit of his insurer Pearl Assurance Company, Ltd., which paid him his damages arising out of an explosion of gas supplied by defendant whereby Brett...

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