Legal Opinion

Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Matthews

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided November 23, 1936No. 32273PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is a suit, by next friend, on behalf of the appellee, Marjorie Merle Matthews, a minor, who was seven years of age at the time of the accident, against the Dixie Greyhound Lines, Inc., appellant, to recover damages for alleged personal injuries sustained in a collision between an automobile in which she was riding and a bus owned and operated by the appellant. There was a jury verdict for three thousand dollars, the full amount sued for, and after a motion for a new trial was overruled, this appeal was perfected.

The collision in question occurred just south of the intersection of Bailey…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. BotsfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Haynes v. TrentonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
  3. Chicago, Rock Island & Texas Railway Co. v. LangstonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1898
  4. Brown v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Path Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. KendallCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Teche Lines, Inc. v. BoundsMississippi Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Hardy v. RiserDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1970
  3. Dennis v. PrisockMississippi Supreme Court · 1965
  4. Swan v. IP, INC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Fishboats, Inc. v. WelzbacherMississippi Supreme Court · 1982

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