Board of Trustees of University Hosp. of Alabama v. Harrell

Decision Date16 June 1966
Docket Number6 Div. 300
Citation279 Ala. 685,188 So.2d 558
PartiesBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, d/b/a University Hospital v. Rena Bell HARRELL, Admr'x.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Certiorari to Court of Appeals.

Steiner, Crum & Baker, Montgomery, and Roy H. Manly, Jr., Birmingham, for petitioner.

Bryan Chancey, Birmingham, opposed.

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

Petition of Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama for certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision in Board of Trustees of University of Alabama v. Harrell, Admrx., 188 So.2d 555.

Petition dismissed.

GOODWYN, MERRILL and HARWOOD, JJ., concur.

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  • Price v. Southern Ry. Co.
    • United States
    • Alabama Supreme Court
    • 22 Marzo 1985
    ...In Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Harrell, 43 Ala.App. 258, 261, 188 So.2d 555, 557 (1965), cert. denied, 279 Ala. 685, 188 So.2d 558 (1966), the Court of Appeals "In a wrongful death action the personal representative is only the nominal or formal party. He sues as statu......
  • Reed v. Frey
    • United States
    • Arizona Court of Appeals
    • 4 Settembre 1969
    ...in interest. See e.g., Board of Trustees of University of Ala. v. Harrell, 43 Ala.App. 258, 188 So.2d 555 (1966), Cert. denied, 279 Ala 685, 188 So.2d 558; Fisher v. Butler, 11 Ohio Misc. 116, 40 Ohio O.2d 139, 224 N.E.2d 923 (1966). California is one of the states that regards a wrongful d......
  • James v. Three Notch Medical Center
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Middle District of Alabama
    • 5 Giugno 1997
    ...the statutory distributees, Board of Trustees Univ. of Ala. v. Harrell, 43 Ala.App. 258, 188 So.2d 555 (1965), cert. denied, 279 Ala. 685, 188 So.2d 558 (1966), and that no portion of the recovery goes to the estate of the decedent, Shirley v. Shirley, 261 Ala. 100, 73 So.2d 77 (1954). The ......
  • Riley v. Moreland, 59338
    • United States
    • Mississippi Supreme Court
    • 4 Gennaio 1989
    ...estate. Board of Trustees of University of Alabama v. Harrell, 43 Ala.App. 258, 188 So.2d 555, 557 (1965), cert. denied, 279 Ala. 685, 188 So.2d 558 (1966). While only the personal representative alone may commence the wrongful death action in Alabama, the representative does so as a statut......
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  • Settling the Claims of a Minor
    • United States
    • Alabama State Bar Alabama Lawyer No. 72-4, July 2011
    • Invalid date
    ...the real parties in interest." Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. Harrell, 43 Ala. App. 258, 188 So. 2d 555, 557 (1965), cert. denied, 279 Ala. 685, 188 So. 2d 558 (1966). See also Ex parte Blansit, 380 So. 2d 859, 861 (Ala. 1980); Drummond v. Drummond, 212 Ala. 242, 102 So. 112, 114 (19......

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