Legal Opinion

Kress v. Markline

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1917PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Appeal from the circuit court of Lauderdale county. Hon. E. W. Heidelberg, Judge. Suit by Mrs. Annie Markline, as administratrix of George H. Markline, deceased. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.

The appellee, Mrs. Annie Markline, as administratrix of the estate of Geo. H. Markline, deceased, filed suit in the circuit court of Lauderdale county against the appellant, S. H. Kress & Co., and Chas H. Haney, for damages for the alleged wrongful death of Geo. H. Markline, under the Acts of 1914, chapter 214, p. 280. The suit is filed for the benefit of herself as widow and for the four minor children of herself and deceased. The material allegations in the declaration are that on the 15th day of October, 1915, Geo. H. Markline went into the store of the appellant, a corporation engaged in *40c…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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