Legal Opinion
Vestal & Vernon Agency v. Pittman
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 11, 1954No. 39036PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
This cause had its origin as a claim for compensation by Mrs. Ernestine Pittman and her three children against Nelson Vestal and E. C. Vernon, doing business as Vestal & Vernon Agency, and their insurers, on account of *575tlie death of Carl Leroy Pittman, their husband and father. An award was made by the attorney-referee, which was subsequently affirmed by the Commission and by the circuit court. The defendants in the proceeding appealed.
On November 2, 1951, about 3:30 P. M., the decedent, while driving an automobile in a southerly direction on Highway 49E, about eighteen miles south of…
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- Texas Co. v. MillsMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
- Carr v. CRABTREEMississippi Supreme Court · 1951
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- McDonald v. Hall-Neely Lumber Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1933
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- M. & W. Construction Co. v. BuggMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
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