ALEX NOVACK & SONS v. HOPPIN

Nos. 4251-4253.

359 P.2d 390 (1961)

ALEX NOVACK & SONS, a California corporation, and Murphy Johnson, Appellants, v. Patricia HOPPIN, widow of William Hoppin, Patrick Hoppin by His Mother and Guardian ad litem, Patricia Hoppin, Billy Hoppin, by His Mother and Guardian ad litem, Patricia Hoppin, Carrie Lynn Hoppin, by Her Mother and Guardian ad litem, Patricia Hoppin, and Holly Alice Hoppin, by Her Mother and Guardian ad litem, Patricia Hoppin, Respondents. ALEX NOVACK & SONS, a California Corporation, Appellant, v. R. & M. PETROLEUM CO., a corporation, and Continental Casualty Company, a corporation, Respondents. R. & M. PETROLEUM CO., a corporation, and Continental Casualty Company, a corporation, Appellants, v. Murphy JOHNSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 8, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goldwater and Singleton, Las Vegas, for Alex Novack & Sons.

Robert Callister, Las Vegas, and Melvin Belli, of San Francisco, Cal., for respondents Hoppin.

Clarence Sundean, of Las Vegas, for R. & M. Petroleum Co. and Continental Casualty Co.

Deaner, Butler and Adamson, Las Vegas, for Murphy Johnson.


PIKE, Justice.

Petitioner Hoppin, as widow of William Hoppin and as guardian ad litem of four minor children of the marriage, brought an action for damages against Alex Novack & Sons, a California corporation, and Murphy Johnson. Subsequently R. & M. Petroleum Company and Continental Casualty Company, hereinafter referred to as "Petroleum Corporation" and "Casualty Company," filed another action for damages against the same defendants. The two cases were consolidated...

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