Source: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Date: 1948-12-16
Jurisdiction: United States
Docket: No. 10681
Citation: 171 F.2d 548
Opinion
PER CURIAM.
This appeal has been duly considered upon complete oral argument and upon the record and briefs, and it appearing that the trial judge ruled correctly in conformity with Tennessee law that the action is not barred in the circumstances of the case by the release signed 'by the appellee for the insignificant consideration of fifty dollars, which was seasonably retendered and returned at the trial; and it appearing also that in the circumstances disclosed.the action of appellee is not barred under Tennessee law by her continuing to ride in appellant’s bus with knowledge that the bus driver was drunk, or by her riding beyond Fayetteville, Tennessee; and it further appearing that the district judge correctly and adeqtiately instructed the jury as to the applicable principles of law, that there is substantial evidence to support the verdict of the jury, and that no reversible error is revealed in the record: The judgment for $5,250 damages entered in the district court on the verdict of the jury is affirmed.