Legal Opinion
Miller v. Owsley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided November 13, 1967No. 52264, 52443PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINCH, Judge.
These two cases were consolidated for briefing and argument on appeal and one opinion will cover both cases. The petitions are nearly identical and each was dismissed for failure of the petition to state a cause of action. Each plaintiff filed suit against Arvid Owsley, Sheriff of Jackson County, Lloyd Hilburn, his Chief Deputy, and Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, surety on their official bonds, seeking to recover $50,000 actual and $50,000 punitive damages for injuries received at the hands of fellow prisoners while incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Advance v. Maryland Casualty CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
- State Ex Rel. Kaercher v. RothSupreme Court of Missouri · 1932
- State Ex Rel. Donelon v. DeuserSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
- Parrish v. Fid. Cas. Co. of New YorkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1949
- City of St. Louis ex rel. Forest v. NicholasMissouri Court of Appeals · 1964
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Alan Daniel Wilwording v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Donald L. Beishir v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Kenneth Mills v. Harold R. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Jackson v. Hartford Accident and Indemnity CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- Brown v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1972
- Kish v. County of MilwaukeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- State Ex Rel. Benz v. BlackwellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
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