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MURPHY TRUCK LINES v. BROWN

313 S.W.2d 440 (1958)

MURPHY TRUCK LINES v. Wesson Earl BROWN et ux.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn M. Elliott and James N. Clay, III, Memphis, for defendant-petitioner.

George E. Morrow and Martin & Tate, Memphis, for plaintiffs-respondents.

NEIL, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents the following question for decision: where the trial judge has approved the verdict of the jury for and on behalf of the plaintiffs, but suggests a remittitur of 50 per cent of the verdict which is accepted under protest, what supervisory authority does the Court of Appeals have with respect to a restoration of the original verdict, or a part of the remittitur suggested by the trial...

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