Legal Opinion

LOGAN, ADMR. v. Durham

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 13, 1957No. 40368PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGillespie, J.

This suit was brought under the wrongful death statute. The trial court dismissed the action and plaintiffs appeal.

Mrs. Justine Evelyn Durham, wife of W. M. Durham, appellee, died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident due to the negligence of appellee. Mrs. Durhas was survived by her husband, the appellee, and one unemancipated minor child, Deborah Clau'dine Durham. In a previous suit, the minor child brought an action against her father upon the wrongful death statute, which suit was dismissed by the trial court, and this Court affirmed, holding that an unemancipated minor child…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. DURHAM, a MINOR, ETC. v. DurhamMississippi Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Ensminger v. EnsmingerMississippi Supreme Court · 1955

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Doris R. Edwards, Etc., Cross-Appellant v. Sears, Roebuck and Company, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  2. Gentry v. WallaceMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Smith v. GarrettMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
  4. Partyka v. Yazoo Development Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Broderson v. BoehmNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1977

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