Legal Opinion
Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance v. Wright Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 25, 1970No. 5-5252PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
George Rose Smith, Justice.
The question is whether a claim for personal injuries is assignable in Arkansas. This appeal is from a judgment upholding such an assignment.
In 1967 Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Hickson owed Wright Oil Company, the appellee, $1,206.24 upon an open account. The Hicksons also had unliquidated personal injury claims, arising from a traffic collision, against Howard Cox and his liability insurer, the appellant. The Hicksons, to secure their debt to Wright, assigned to it $1,206.24 of their tort claims against Cox and Southern Farm. Wright notified Southern Farm of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hereford v. MeekWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1949
- North Chicago Street Railroad v. AckleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Marks v. Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1967
- Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company v. LeaCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1966
- Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. GintherTexas Supreme Court · 1903
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. OakleyTexas Supreme Court · 2007
- Hernandez v. Suburban Hospital Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
- In Re SchmelzerDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1972
- Lowrey v. LowreySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
- Midwest Mutual Insurance v. Arkansas National Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
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