JENNINGS v. DAVIDSON COUNTY


344 S.W.2d 359 (1961)

Jossie H. JENNINGS, Admrx., Petitioner, v. DAVIDSON COUNTY, Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 10, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. T. Hollins, Jr., Nashville, for petitioner.

Shelton Luton, Nashville, for respondent, Davidson County.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case because the determinative question has not heretofore been expressly decided by the appellate courts of this State and the question is of public importance.

As a predicate to the legal questions involved, the following facts should be stated. October 20, 1926, Josephine Mosley, now deceased, became an inmate of the Davidson County Hospital for paupers and insane persons. She remained there until November...

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