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WEAKS v. MOUNTER

No. 6509.

493 P.2d 1307 (1972)

P. F. WEAKS, dba Weaks Construction Company, Appellant, v. Gerald E. MOUNTER and E. Ruth Mounter, ----, an Infant, by John Tom Ross, her Guardian ad Litem, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 25, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wait, Shamberger & Georgeson, C. James Georgeson, Reno, for appellant.

Martillaro & Bucchianeri, Ross & Crow, Carson City, for respondents.

OPINION

ZENOFF, Chief Justice.

A truck-motorcycle collision occurred on August 31, 1966, at the intersection of U.S. 50 and State Route 17, near Virginia City, instantly killing James E. Mounter, a minor aged 19.

Two principal questions are presented on appeal. One is the standing of an illegitimate minor child to sue for the death of its father who was also a minor. The original plaintiffs were the natural...

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