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| View Entry | Year | Case Name | County | Cause/Crime | Case Description | Division | Location | # Pages | Order |
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| View Entry | 1931 | Sarah Kate Goodman Admr. of Pauline Goodman dec. v Earl Hicks et al. | Sullivan | Wrongful Death |
2 folders. Add. Def. Charles Hicks, father of Earl Hicks. Court of Origin is the Law Court of Bristol, Tennessee. Pla.'s daughter was taking a ride in a Ford Roadster on Halloween night in 1929. The car was being driven west along State St. when it was hit by a car driven by Earl Hicks. Hicks veered into the wrong lane in an attempt to pass another car. Pauline Goodman's skull was fractured. She died several months later as a result of her injuries. Casefile notes that Pauline quit school at 14 to work. |
East | Range: 10 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1299 | 276 | Order A Copy |
| View Entry | 1931 | Sarah K. Goodman, admr. Of Pauline Goodman, dec. v. Earl Hicks et al. | Sullivan | Wrongful Death |
Incomplete case. Briefs only. Additional def.: Charles Hicks. Sarah Goodman, mother of Pauline Goodman, sued for damages for fatal personal injury on Halloween night 1929. Pauline was riding on the running board of an automobile when defendant's car hit it, which threw Pauline to the ground, hitting her head, and inflicted injuries from which she suffered until July 1930, when she died. Court had ruled in favor of defendants and plaintiff had appealed. |
East | Range: 10 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1358 | 57 | Order A Copy |