Carter v. Martin

Although it is the general rule that heirs at law can not maintain a suit upon a chose in action in favor of their intestate, and that such a suit can be brought only by an administrator (Brown v. Mutual Life Ins. Co., 146 Ga. 123, 90 S. E. 856; Hill v. Maffett, 3 Ga. App. 89, 59 S. E. 325; Wilson v. Brice, 23 Ga. App. 734, 99 S. E. 385; Armstrong v. Harper, 25 Ga. App. 71, 102 S. E. 463), there may exist special circumstances authorizing an exception to this rule in some instances. Denny v. Gardner, 149 Ga. 42 (99 S. E. 27). Thus, where, as in the present case, the plaintiff: in a judgment…