Legal Opinion

Sparks v. Porcher

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 26, 1964No. 40333Published

1Opinion of the Court

109 Ga. App. 334 (1964)

136 S.E.2d 153

SPARKS

v.

PORCHER.

40333.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 26, 1964.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 1964.

Memory, Barnes & Memory, S. F. Memory, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

George Maddox, Arthur C. Farrar, contra.

PANNELL, Judge.

"Whether a person who takes passage in an automobile as an invitee or gratuitous passenger and continues to ride therein until an injury happens is guilty of contributory negligence or want of ordinary care by reason of the fact that the driver of the automobile has been drinking an intoxicant, is generally a question for decision…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Powell v. BerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  2. Evans v. CaldwellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
  3. West v. RosenbergCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
  4. Mann v. HarmonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
  5. Sparks v. PorcherCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964

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