HIGHLAND DODGE INC. v. TRENT


445 S.W.2d 903 (1969)

HIGHLAND DODGE, INC. v. Lillie Mae TRENT.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solon Fitzpatrick, Carthage, Jent & Wells, LaFayette, for plaintiff in error.

James Donoho, Hartsville, for defendant in error.


OPINION

McCANLESS, Justice.

Lillie Mae Trent, the widow of Vestle Trent, brought suit against Highland Dodge, Inc., in the Circuit Court of Macon County for the wrongful death of her husband and recovered a judgment of ten thousand dollars. The Court of Appeals reversed and we granted certiorari.

The facts alleged and proved are that on April 8, 1966, the defendant by two of its agents, put the deceased, then in a drunken condition, in possession...

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