Legal Opinion
Purdy v. Kerentoff
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1949No. 31711PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTurner, J.
The question before us is whether either Mr. Purdy or his wife was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.
It needs no citation of authority to establish that if Mrs. Purdy was guilty of negligence which was a proximate cause of her injury, no recovery may be had.
If Mr. Purdy was guilty of such contributory negligence, no recovery may be had in this case. (The allegations of the amended petition show that Mr. Purdy is the only heir and next of kin.) (See Wolf, Admr., v. Lake Erie & Western Ry. Co., 55 Ohio St., 517, paragraph 3 of the syllabus, 45 N. E., 708.)
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