Legal Opinion
ILLINOIS CEN. GULF RR COMPANY v. Yates
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided May 18, 1976No. 48632PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
334 So.2d 364 (1976)
ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY and Ricky Dowdy
v.
Mrs. Buford YATES.
No. 48632.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
May 18, 1976.
Rehearing Denied July 13, 1976.
Wells, Wells, Marble & Hurst, John E. Hughes, III, Jackson, for appellants.
Eugene C. Tullos, Raleigh, William D. Evans, Jackson, for appellee.
Before PATTERSON, SMITH and BROOM, JJ.
PATTERSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:
Mrs. Buford Yates and her children brought suit in the Circuit Court of Smith County seeking damages for the loss of Buford Yates, their husband and father. His death resulted from a collision…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- New Orleans N.E.R. Co. v. BurgeMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
- Thompson v. Mississippi Cent. R.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1936
- Yazoo M.V.R. Co. v. LamensdorfMississippi Supreme Court · 1937
- Mobile O.R. Co. v. JohnsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
- Illinois Central Railroad v. SmithMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Maxwell v. Illinois Central Gulf RRMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Penrod Drilling Co. v. EtheridgeMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
- Clark v. Illinois Cent. R. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 2001
- Illinois Central Gulf Railroad v. TravisMississippi Supreme Court · 2012
- Gallent v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadMississippi Supreme Court · 1982
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