CITY OF MEMPHIS v. DUSH


288 S.W.2d 713 (1956)

CITY OF MEMPHIS v. Miss Louise DUSH. CITY OF MEMPHIS v. Miss Victoria DUSH.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing denied April 5, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Gianotti, Jr., Charles M. Crump and Frierson M. Graves, Jr., Memphis, for plaintiffs in error.

William M. Walsh and J. Allan Hanover, Memphis, for defendant in error.


PREWITT, Justice.

These two cases were tried together and resulted in a jury verdict of $7,000 in favor of Miss Louise Dush, and $6,000 in favor of Miss Victoria Dush. The trial judge suggested a remittitur of $1,500 in each case which the plaintiffs accepted and the City of Memphis apealed in error from both judgments. The Court of Appeals affirmed.

We have granted certiorari and heard argument.

Both plaintiffs sustained broken hips when they fell...

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