Legal Opinion
Hordge v. Yeates
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided December 20, 1957No. Civ. A. No. 2663PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, Sr., District Judge.
Complainant sued as the Administratrix of the Estate of Cephus Hordge, deceased, under Section 1453 1 of the Mississippi Code of 1942 (Par. 2) as the personal representative of the beneficiaries, including herself (mother), Ernest Hordge (father) and Junior Hordge (brother), residents of the State of Missouri, and for Fannie Hordge (sister, a citizen of Michigan, demanding the sum of $50,000 in damages, allegedly caused by the negligence of defendants. It was alleged that the deceased was an employee of defendants, but that the latter had failed to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mandle v. KELLYMississippi Supreme Court · 1956
- Thames v. Mississippi Ex Rel. ShoemakerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Mississippi Power Co. v. ArchibaldMississippi Supreme Court · 1940
- Montgomery & Atlanta Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. MorrisMississippi Supreme Court · 1942
3Cited by2 opinions
- Charles H. Bush, Administrator of the Estate of Thomas Royce Bush, Deceased v. Carpenter Brothers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Evans v. AverySupreme Court of Alabama · 1961