Legal Opinion

Southwest Mississippi Electric Power Ass'n v. Harragill

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided January 24, 1966No. 43711PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*464Gillespie, P. J.

Southwest Mississippi Electric Power Association, plaintiff below and appellant here, sued D. B. Harragill, d/b/a O. K. Welding Company, and Enlow M. Kee, Jr., et al., d/b/a Colonial Chevrolet Company, defendants below and appellees here, seeking common law indemnity. The trial court sustained demurrers,dismissed the suit, and plaintiff appealed. We affirm because the sum paid out by plaintiff, and for which it seeks indemnity, was a voluntary payment.

Southwest purchased a truck from Colonial Chevrolet Company. In order to comply with Southwest’s specifications that the truck…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Keljikian v. Star Brewing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  2. Phillips v. DELTA MOTOR LINES, INC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1959
  3. McDaniel Bros. Construction v. Burk-Hallman Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Fink v. East Mississippi Electric Power Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1958
  5. McCarthy Freight System, Inc. v. DurandSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1939

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Hartford Cas. Ins. Co. v. Halliburton Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Smith v. HC Bailey CompaniesMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Bush v. City of LaurelMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Ke-Wash Company v. Stauffer Chemical CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1970
  5. Barfield v. Madison County, MSCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000

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