SOUTHEASTERN AVIATION, INC. v. HURD


355 S.W.2d 436 (1962)

SOUTHEASTERN AVIATION, INC., d/b/a Southeast Airlines, Petitioner, v. A. H. HURD, individually and as Administrator of Phyllis Eloise Hurd Halstead, deceased, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 7, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy West, Joseph O. Fuller, Kingsport, Erma G. Greenwood, R. R. Kramer, Kramer, Dye, McNabb & Greenwood, Knoxville, of counsel, for petitioner.

Preston H. Taylor, Wilson, Worley & Gamble, Kingsport, for respondent.


FELTS, Justice.

This was an action brought by respondent against petitioner for alleged wrongful death of his intestate, Mrs. Phyllis Eloise Hurd Halstead. In the Trial Court there was a verdict and judgment for him, which was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. We granted certiorari and the case has been heard here.

Petitioner was a common carrier of passengers by air, a Tennessee corporation, operating an intra-state airline in Tennessee between Memphis and...

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