Legal Opinion

Piper v. Green

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 25, 1920PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson county; the Hon. Charles H. Miller, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1919.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee

This is an action in -case against W. H. Green, an attorney, tó recover damages resulting from his alleged negligence in handling a claim for damages against a railroad company, for the negligent killing of J. H. Piper, husband of appellant, Mary A. Piper, and father of the minor appellants, Chauncey D., Jean and Arthur Piper, who sue by Mary A. Piper their next friend. ■

The declaration in substance alleges that on January 16,1916, J. H. Piper purchased a ticket at Mt. Vernon, Illinois, from the Louisville and Nashville Eailroad Company which entitled him to transportation from Mt. Vernon to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Barnes v. Danville Street Railway & Right Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Priest v. DodsworthIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
  3. McFadden v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1909

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Beeck v. Aquaslide 'N' Dive Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  2. Kohler v. Woollen, Brown & HawkinsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
  3. McDow v. DixonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  4. Pickens, Barnes & Abernathy v. HeasleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
  5. Taylor Oil Co. v. WeisenseeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983

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