Legal Opinion
Weaks v. Mounter
Nevada Supreme Court
Decided February 25, 1972No. 6509PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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By the Court,
Zenoff, C. J. :
A truck-motorcycle collision occurred on August 31, 1966, at the intersection of U.S. 50 and State Route 17, near Virginia City, instantly killing James E. Mounter, a minor aged 19.
Two principal questions are presented on appeal. One is the standing of an illegitimate minor child to sue for the death of its father who was also a minor. The original plaintiffs were the natural mother and father of Mounter, but upon motion to intervene the illegitimate and posthumous daughter of the deceased was allowed as an additional plaintiff.
A second issue concerns the…
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- Schmoll v. CreecySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1969
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- Wells, Inc. v. ShoemakeNevada Supreme Court · 1947
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