Wrinkle v. Rampley

Felton, Chief Judge.

The defendant, Jack Geurin, was sued as the personal representative of Raymond S. Harris, Jr., by virtue of Code § 3-505 as amended by Ga. L. 1952, p. 224. That Code section provides in part, “The personal representative of such wrongdoer . . . shall be subject to suit just as the wrongdoer himself would have been during his life.” (Emphasis supplied.) It follows that if the plaintiff could not have maintained the action against the decedent during his life, the action cannot be maintained against his personal representative. See Thompson v. Watson, 186 Ga. 396, 400 (197…