Legal Opinion

Logan v. Reaves

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided February 8, 1962PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Felts

On July 28,1959, Marie S. Seneker, a guest in an automobile driven by her minor daughter Louise, was killed when the car struck a truck at a highway intersection in this State. On July 23, 1960, her administratrix brought this action against the daughter, now Mrs. Louise Seneker Reaves, and Bewley Chevrolet Co., owner of the car, for damages for her alleged wrongful death.

The declaration alleged that the action was brought for the benefit of her surviving husband and children other than Louise; that Louise was completely emancipated by her marriage to Jack F. Reaves September 3, 1959, and by…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Hewlett v. GeorgeMississippi Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Dunlap v. DunlapSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1930
  3. Kaczorowski v. KalkosinskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  4. McKelvey v. McKelveyTennessee Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Memphis Street Railway Company v. CooperTennessee Supreme Court · 1958

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Sorensen v. SorensenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  2. Balts v. BaltsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
  3. Dean v. SmithSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1965
  4. Silva v. SilvaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1982
  5. Nahas v. NobleNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966

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