Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Milligan v. Ritter's Estate

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 20, 1943No. 27,872PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFansler, J.

The appellant filed a claim against the estate of Howard L. Ritter, deceased, seeking to recover the sum of $5,583.00 for the treatment and .maintenance of the decedent from March 6, 1917, to March 29, 1940. The claim was disallowed and transferred to the trial docket, where it was submitted to a jury for trial without the formality of an answer. The case was tried upon the theory that the right to a recovery is controlled by statute. The substantial controversy concerned the applicability and effect of certain statutes and amendments as will hereafter appear.

Construing the statutes involved,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Arnett v. State, ex rel. DonohueIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Indianapolis Union Railway Co. v. WaddingtonIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Taylor v. StrayerIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Bahr, Superintendent v. ZahmIndiana Supreme Court · 1941
  5. McQuaid v. State Ex Rel. SiglerIndiana Supreme Court · 1937

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Thompson v. ThompsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1972
  2. Dowdell v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. Lunsford v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1994
  4. Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v. WardIndiana Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. Orchard Ridge Country Club, Inc. v. SchreyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1984

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