Legal Opinion
Klaas v. Continental Southern Lines, Inc.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided October 10, 1955No. 39723PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
The question is whether the 1952 statute providing for contribution between joint tort feasors is applicable to judgments rendered before that date, but which are affirmed on appeal and payment of them made by one judgment debtor after the statute went into effect. We do not think it is.
These two cases have been consolidated. On September 16, 1950, Clarence Klaas was killed in an automobile accident, and his widow, Mrs. Juanita Saunier Klaas, obtained a judgment on July 19, 1951, against Continental Southern Lines, Inc., M. S. Cox, Jr. and Lawyer Partee, in the amount of $15,000. In the same…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McCullen v. State Ex Rel. AlexanderMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
- Teche Lines, Inc. v. PopeMississippi Supreme Court · 1936
- Meridian City Lines v. BakerMississippi Supreme Court · 1949
- Stone v. McKay Plumbing Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1946
- Continental Southern Lines, Inc. v. KlaasMississippi Supreme Court · 1953
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- City of Belmont v. Miss. State Tax Comm'nMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
- Anderson v. Jackson Mun. Airport Auth.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1982
- Smith v. MaloufMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
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