BURKETT v. JOHNSTON


282 S.W.2d 647 (1955)

Walter BURKETT, Administrator of Raymond Maxwell Burkett, Deceased, Plaintiff-in-Error, v. Mrs. Dorothy Gibbs JOHNSTON, Defendant-in-Error.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee. Western Section.

Certiorari Denied May 6, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell Taylor, Memphis, Robert P. Adams, Trenton, for plaintiff in error.

Marion H. Holmes, Jr., Holmes & Holmes, Trenton, for defendant in error.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court May 6, 1955.

CARNEY, Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant below from a judgment of $7,500 in favor of the plaintiff, Mrs. Dorothy Gibbs Johnston, for the unlawful death of her husband, Thomas Jefferson Johnston.

Plaintiff-in-error has made eight Assignments of Error. Assignment of Error #1 is directed to the action of the Trial Court in refusing to sustain the defendant's

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