Legal Opinion

DEPOSIT GUAR. B. & T. CO. v. Nelson

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1951No. 38044Published

1Opinion of the Court

212 Miss. 335 (1951)

54 So.2d 476

DEPOSIT GUARANTY BANK & TRUST CO.

v.

NELSON.

No. 38044.

Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division A.

October 15, 1951.

Pyles & Tucker, for appellants.

Crisler & Crisler and T.E. Caldwell, for appellee.

Julian P. Alexander, Jr., and Barnett, Jones & Montgomery, amici curiae.

Ethridge, C.

Appellee, plaintiff in the court below, sued her stepfather for wrongfully causing the death of his wife, appellee's mother. The suit was for damages under the Mississippi wrongful death statute. Appellant contends that he was immune from suit by his wife, if she had lived, and that the…

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2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Whitford v. . the Panama Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
  2. Kaczorowski v. KalkosinskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Keister's Administrator v. Keister's ExecutorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
  4. Breed v. Atlanta, B. C. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  5. Austin v. AustinMississippi Supreme Court · 1924

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