Supreme Court of Georgia, 1920

Beale v. Georgia Railway & Power Co.

Beale v. Georgia Railway & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided December 18, 1920 · Gilbert
150 Ga. 774; 105 S.E. 447; 1920 Ga. LEXIS 338

Beale v. Georgia Railway & Power Co.

Opinion of the Court

Gilbert, J.

Upon careful consideration of this case, and in view of the construction placed upon § 4424 of the Civil Code (1910) by this court (Mott v. Central R., 70 Ga. 680, 48 Am. R. 595; Coleman v. Hyer, 113 Ga. 420, 38 S. E. 962; Western & Atlantic R. Co. v. Harris, 128 Ga. 394, 57 S. E. 722), we are of the opinion that the Court of Appeals properly held as follows: “A married daughter, living with and supported by her husband, cannot sue for the homicide -of her father, although it appears that she is the only minor child, and that the wife of the father had predeceased him.”

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur. Little, Powell, Smith & Goldstein, for plaintiff. Colquitt & Conyers, for defendant.

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