Legal Opinion
Bass v. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided July 24, 1953No. 30PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SHELBOURNE, District Judge.
This action was begun May 5, 1952, when the plaintiff, as widow, sole heir and administratrix of the estate of Leo Bass, filed her libel in personam against Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company,, seeking to recover $79,008.20 damages alleged to have been sustained by her and by her deceased’s estate on account of his death which occurred on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky, June 15, 1951.
The answer of the libelee denied any negligence on its part and pleaded contributory negligence and alleged that decedent’s death resulted from the negligence of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Merlo v. Public Service Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1942
- Louisville Home Telephone Co. v. GasperCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906
- Watson v. Ky. & Ind. Bridge & Ry Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
- Turpin v. ScrivnerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944
- Demopolis Telephone Co. v. HoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Mrs. Lottie Bass, Adm'x, Estate of Leo Bass, Deceased, Libelant-Appellant v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., Libelee-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954