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MUIR v. HAGGERTY

No. 2773

77 Wyo. 280 (1957)

314 P.2d 948

Walter J. Muir, Administrator of the Estate of Vern Walter Gifford, Deceased, Plaintiff and Respondent vs. Earl D. Haggerty and Brandley-Neff Sheep Company, a corporation, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

September 10, 1957

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants and appellants the cause was submitted upon the brief and also oral argument of Edward E. Murane of Murane & Bostwick of Casper, Wyoming.

For the plaintiff and respondent the cause was submitted upon the brief of W.A. Muir of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and W.J. Muir of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and oral argument by Mr. W.A. Muir.

Heard before Blume, C.J. and Harnsberger and Parker, J.J.

OPINION

Mr. Chief Justice BLUME delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action for wrongful death brought under the provisions of §§ 3-403, 3-404, Wyoming Compiled Statutes 1945, the prototype of which is Lord Campbell's Act. Plaintiff alleged that Vern Walter Gifford was negligently killed by the defendant Haggerty in a collision on Highway No. 30 and that said Gifford died on May 1, 1955, as a result of such negligence. After trial of...

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