Legal Opinion
High v. Southwestern Insurance Company
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 19, 1974No. 45597PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMMS, Justice:
Plaintiff, Mrs. High, and her children, appellants herein, were allegedly injured when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a hit and run vehicle, the driver of which remains unknown.
Mrs. High, individually, and as the next friend of her two minor sons, first filed a petition against “John Doe”, the unidentified driver of the hit and run vehicle. J. M. Dozier, claims manager of appellee insurance company was served with summons as the agent of “John Doe.” No answer was filed on behalf of the unknown motorist.
Plaintiffs then filed an amended petition making…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Boughton v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
- Walsh v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- Holt v. BellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
- Le Clair v. Calls HimSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
- Hudson v. ElySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- University of Alaska v. Simpson Building Supply CompanyAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
- Associated Indemnity Corporation v. CannonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
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