Williams v. Georgia Power Co.

Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

The children of Fannie Laura Williams filed suit against the Georgia Power Company and Hancock County to recover for the death of their mother. The evidence shows that on the afternoon of August 24,1971, Mrs. Elizabeth Hightower borrowed her brother’s automobile for the purpose of driving herself and her mother, Mrs. Fannie Williams, from Coopers in Baldwin County to St. Luke’s church in Hancock County. They left the church in Hancock County alone about 9:30 p. m. but were never seen alive again. The women were reported missing to the police. On August 27, 1971,…