Legal Opinion

Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. v. Reddin

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 24, 1942No. Nos. 12199, 12200PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

These actions were brought in Missouri by the appellee, a Missouri administratrix, to recover damages, under a statute of Illinois, for wrongful deaths. The actions were tried together before a jury, which returned a verdict in each case for the plaintiff. From the judgments entered, the defendant has appealed, challenging (1) the capacity of the plaintiff to sue, (2) the ruling of the trial court that a release executed by Lorine Reddin was not a bar to the actions, and (3) the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdicts.

Clarence Reddin was the husband of…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Dennick v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
  2. Northern Pacific Railroad v. BabcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Elzig v. GudwangenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
  4. State ex rel. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. GrimmSupreme Court of Missouri · 1912
  5. Guerney v. MooreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Meehan v. Central Railroad Company of New JerseyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1960
  2. Helen Stein Gaudet, Administratrix of the Estate of Awtrey C. Gaudet, Sr. v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  3. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America v. MeinsenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
  4. Lee B. Schumacher v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
  5. Wolfe v. Order of United Commercial TravelersSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1945

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