McClellan v. Oliver

4 Citing cases

  1. Hooper Motor Co. v. Harris

    146 So. 618 (Ala. 1933)   Cited 4 times

    The court properly sustained demurrer to the plea of infancy, which is never an answer to a plea in detinue. Pritchett v. Fife, 8 Ala. App. 462, 62 So. 1001; Oliver v. McClellan, 21 Ala. 675; 31 C. J. 191. Refusal of plaintiff's charges 1, 2, and 3 was error to reverse. Smith v. Haley, supra, Hairslip v. Brannum, 198 Ala. 214, 73 So. 464.

  2. Taylor v. Taylor

    232 S.W.2d 382 (Mo. 1950)   Cited 14 times
    In Taylor v. Taylor, 360 Mo. 994, 232 S.W.2d 382, 383-85 (Mo. 1950), the Missouri Supreme Court allowed a parent to file a suit against her son to receive damages for the death of her husband in a car accident allegedly caused by her son's negligence.

    2) It is contrary to the public policy in Missouri to permit a tort action to be maintained by a parent against a child where they are living together as a family. Shaker v. Shaker, 129 Conn. 518, 29 A.2d 765; Silverstein v. Kastner, 20 A.2d 205. Lasecki v. Kabara, 294 N.W. 33, 130 A.L.R. 883; Owens v. Auto Mut. Indemnity Co., 235 Ala. 9, 177 So. 133; Graham v. Miller, 182 Tenn. 434, 187 S.W.2d 622, 162 A.L.R. 571; Willott v. Willott, 333 Mo. 896, 62 S.W.2d 1084; Mullally v. Langenberg Grain Co., 339 Mo. 582, 98 S.W.2d 645; Planck v. Planck, 199 S.W. 1183; Rogers v. Rogers, 265 Mo. 200, 177 S.W. 382; Wells v. Wells, 48 S.W.2d 109; Cook v. Cook, 232 Mo. App. 994, 124 S.W.2d 675; Cook v. Mason, 353 Mo. 993, 185 S.W.2d 793; Wick v. Wick, 192 Wis. 260, 212 N.W. 787, 52 A.L.R. 1113; Villaret v. Villaret, 169 F.2d 627; Kitchen v. Duffield, 149 Ohio St. 500, 79 N.E.2d 906; York v. York, 212 N.C. 695, 194 S.E. 486; Bogen v. Bogen, 220 N.C. 648, 18 S.E.2d 162; Woolf v. Holton, 224 S.W.2d 861; McClellan v. Oliver, 181 S.W.2d 784; Stedem v. Jewish Mem. Hosp. Assn., 239 Mo. App. 38, 187 S.W.2d 469; Wormington v. City of Monett, 204 S.W.2d 264; Williams v. Van Deusen, 203 Mo. App. 162, 219 S.W. 395. (3) Plaintiff's decedent was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law in permitting himself to be driven along the highway with lights that would reveal objects only 25 to 40 feet ahead. Kaley v. Huntley, 333 Mo. 771, 63 S.W.2d 21; Heyde v. Patten, 39 S.W.2d 813; Setzer v. Ulrich, 90 S.W.2d 154; Sec. 3653, R.S. 1939; Fitzpatrick v. Kansas City So. Ry. Co., 347 Mo. 57, 146 S.W.2d 560; Floyd v. Thompson, 356 Mo. 250, 201 S.W.2d 390; Renfro v. Keen, 19 Tenn. App. 345, 89 S.W.2d 170; Rebillard v. Minneapolis, St. P. S.M. Ry. Co., 216 F. 503; Ellenberger v. Kramer, 322 Pa. 589, 186 A. 809; Talbot v. Taylor, 184 Tenn. 428, 201 S.W.2d 1; Hudgins v. Standard Oil Co., 5 Cal.App.2d 618, 43 P.2d 597; 4 Blashfield's Automobile Law, sec. 2451; Allen v. Porter, 19 Wn.2d 503, 143 P.2d 328; Gallagher v. Davis, 7 S.W. Ha

  3. Wagner v. Shelly

    235 S.W.2d 414 (Mo. Ct. App. 1950)   Cited 5 times

    In providing for a stranger to a suit paying the expenses of suit, they are "maintenance" contracts. Bredeen v. Frankfort Marine, etc., Ins. Co., 220 Mo. 327, 119 S.W. 576, l.c. 589; Id., 110 Mo. App. 312, 85 S.W. 930, l.c. 931; Curry v. Dahlberg, 341 Mo. 897, 110 S.W.2d 742, 748; Taylor v. Perkins, 171 Mo. App. 246, 157 S.W. 122; McClellan v. Oliver, 238 Mo. App. 409, 181 S.W.2d 784, 786. The contracts were void because they facilitated the granting of a divorce.

  4. Rogers, et al. v. Whittle

    74 So. 96 (Ala. Crim. App. 1917)   Cited 8 times

    BROWN, J. (1-3) The gist of the action of detinue is the wrongful detention of the property of the plaintiff by the defendant; and to entitle the plaintiff to recover he must not only show general or special property in the chattel, but he must be entitled to the immediate possession. — Salter v. Pearce, 4 Ala. 669; Oliver v. McClellan, 21 Ala. 675; Reese v. Harris, 27 Ala. 301. And where two parties join as plaintiffs in an action at law, both must be entitled to recover or neither can recover. — McLeod v. McLeod, 73 Ala. 42; McCall v. Jones, 72 Ala. 373; Lovelace v. Hutchinson, 106 Ala. 425, 17 So. 623; Prestwood v. McGowin, 128 Ala. 277, 29 So. 386, 86 Am. St. Rep. 136; Kelly v. Kelly, et at., 9 Ala. App. 306, 63 So. 740.