Legal Opinion

Mississippi Power & Light Company v. Shepard

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided September 24, 1973No. 46986PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

285 So.2d 725 (1973)

MISSISSIPPI POWER & LIGHT COMPANY

v.

Melissa Kaye SHEPARD.

No. 46986.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 24, 1973.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1973.

Wise, Carter, Child, Steen & Caraway, Green, Cheney, Jones & Hughes, Jackson, Campbell, DeLong, Keady, Robertson & Hagwood, Greenville, for appellant.

Robertshaw, Merideth & Swank, J. Murray Akers, Greenville, for appellee.

RODGERS, Presiding Justice.

This appeal arises out of a wrongful death action brought in the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi. The appellee — Melissa Kaye Shepard, a minor — filed suit through…

2Cases cited66 opinions

  1. Fowler Butane Gas Co. v. VarnerMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Le Vonas v. Acme Paper Board Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
  3. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. WoodhamMississippi Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Temple v. McComb City Electric Light & Power Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Four-County Electric Power Ass'n v. ClardyMississippi Supreme Court · 1954

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Flight Line, Inc. v. TanksleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Entergy Mississippi, Inc. v. Burdette Gin Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Mississippi Power Co. v. JonesMississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  4. Read v. Southern Pine Elec. Power Ass'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Independent Life & Acc. Ins. Co. v. PeavyMississippi Supreme Court · 1988

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