White v. Wright
White v. Wright
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff White sustained personal injuries while a pedestrian standing on a roadway. He alleged negligence of the défendant Jackson in that he was standing in a place of apparent safety when defendant negligently drove his vehicle into and against plaintiff’s body. The negligence alleged against Wright is that he "negligently and in violation of law parked his vehicle, a Pontiac automobile, on the left or north side of Euharlee Street within less than 12 feet of the center line of said street; which negligence combined with the negligence of defendant Raymond Jackson as heretofore alleged to jointly and individually cause plaintiff’s injuries when struck by the vehicle driven by the defendant Jackson.” Wright’s objections to being made a party defendant were sustained and plaintiff appeals. Held:
1. The movant is not entitled to be dismissed as a party defendant unless, construing the allegations of negligence in favor of the plaintiff, it appears that the latter would not be entitled to relief under any state of facts which might be proved under the pleadings. Ghitter v. Edge, 118 Ga. App. 750 (165 SE2d 598).
2. "It shall be unlawful for any person to stop or park any automobile ... on or along any State-aid road or highway, unless such vehicle be placed so that it is at least 12 feet removed from the centerline of such State-aid road or highway; and such vehicle shall be so parked that no portion thereof shall be within 12 feet of the centerline of. such State-aid road or highway.” Code Ann.
The decision in Backers v. Cedartown Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 106 Ga. App. 764 (128 SE2d 355) has no relevance here, that decision merely holding as to the parking ordinance in question that its violation was not negligence as to the plaintiff pedestrian because it was not enacted to protect the class to which the plaintiff belonged. The same cannot be said of the statute above cited.
It was error for the trial court, on motion addressed to the pleadings alone, to dismiss the appellee as a party defendant. Since the motion for more definite statement was not passed upon by the trial judge, it is not before us for consideration.
Judgment reversed.
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