Legal Opinion
Nail v. McCullough & Lee
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 13, 1923No. 10785PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
This is an appeal from the action of the superior court of Tulsa county in sustaining separate demurrers to the plaintiff’s petition.
The action was for the recovery of damages for nervous shock and mental anguish resulting to the plaintiff from the negligent mutilation of the body of his dead daughter.
It seems that while the funeral procession- was on its way to the cemetery in charge of McCullough & Lee, undertakers, employed by the plaintiff to give the remains suitable burial, there was a collision at a crossing between the hearse and a railway train, causing the mutilation complained of.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nichols v. Central Vermont Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1919
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ChouteauSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
- Wilson v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912
- Long v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1905
- Muskogee Electric Traction Co. v. MuellerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Schwartz v. JonesWyoming Supreme Court · 1945
- Ellington v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. of TulsaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
- People Ex Rel. Bear Creek Development Corp. v. District Court of the Second DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1925
- Seidenbach's, Inc. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
- Boyle v. ChandlerSuperior Court of Delaware · 1927
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