Ketron v. Gray’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “It has been held time and again that: “The instructions given by the judge to the jury should be directly applicable to the facts in evidence. There must be testimony tending to raise the question in order for an issue to be submitted to the jury. An instruction which assumes that there is evidence tending to prove certain facts, when there is no such evidence, is erroneous. Goodall v. Thurman, 38 Tenn. 209 . East Tenn. V. & G.R. Co. v. Toppins, 78 Tenn. 58 . Three States Lumber Co. v. Blanks, 118 Tenn. 627 , 102 S.W. 79 . Allen v. Melton, 20 Tenn.App. 387 , 99 S.W.2d 219 .” Mayor and Aldermen of Town of Morristown v. Inman, 47 Tenn.App. 685 , 342 S.W.2d 71 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Langford v. Mingle & Elrod, Inc.

2. “Also, we think the charge of the Court is couched in such language that, since there are no specific acts of contributory negligence shown, the jury could have concluded that any act or inattentiveness on the part of the deceased, such as looking in a direction other than the direction in which the boat was traveling immediately before the accident, would bar a recovery.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Langford v. Mingle & Elrod, Inc.

3. “In the case at bar, we find ourselves asking the question, what did the deceased do besides take her seat in the boat?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Langford v. Mingle & Elrod, Inc.