Davis v. Montei’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““Plaintiff’s cause of action was predicated upon an alleged automobile collision wherein a car owned by plaintiff and driven by his minor son was damaged through the claimed negligence of defendants. —Petition—alleged that the defendant Louis L. Montei was the father of Thomas Montei, — a minor fifteen years of age; that the defendant Nancy Casto — a minor sixteen years of age, and the defendant Thomas Bangert, a minor sixteen years of age. The petition alleges that — defendants were operating a Buick automobile — and negligently operated said Buick. — The petition then sets out four specific specifications of negligence, which are as follows, in substance: “1. Defendants then and there steered the said automobile— “2. Defendants then and there neglected to keep their Buick under control. “3. Defendants then and there operated their Buick— “4. Defendant Louis L. Montei was the owner of said Buick and entrusted the same to the other defendants for said minors to operate knowing that said minors were inexperienced in the operation of said Buick— “The petition further alleges that defendants’ negligence was the proximate cause of the accident and resultant injuries.” “Defendants interposed motions — in substance ask that the specification of negligence 1, 2, 3 and 4 be stricken. As an alternative — if either of the above requests be overruled, then an order requiring plaintiff to make the petition more definite and certain by stating (a) which defendant, plaintiff claims had act”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 80 Ohio Law. Abs. 359 - Sharkey v. Lathram

2. ““The sole and only question for our determination is whether or not the court was in error in dismissing plaintiff’s petition for failure to amend, as the trial court had previously decreed.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 80 Ohio Law. Abs. 359 - Sharkey v. Lathram