Legal Opinion
Annie Plummer Evans v. James Walter Cheatwood and Anchor Petroleum Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1964No. 20900PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge:
Declaration was filed by attorney for the plaintiff, Annie Plummer Evans, in the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, on Feb. 19, 1963, against the defendants, jointly and severally, for damages both actual and punitive in the sum of $40,000.00, for the wrongful death of Lifus Bradford, deceased, brother of the plaintiff.
The suit was removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Defendants filed their answer to the declaration on March 7, 1963, and on March 16, 1963, filed a motion for summary judgment. Defendants in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Huff v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Rowe v. FairMississippi Supreme Court · 1930
- Keanum v. Southern Ry. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1928
- Sudberry v. Meridian Fertilizer FactoryMississippi Supreme Court · 1914