Legal Opinion
Watson v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 18, 1938No. 12135PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
The Court of Appeals (in Case No. 26376) certified tbe following question for decision: xeWhere a mother and father are injured at the same time, and the mother dies first, and the father is rendered unconscious at the time of the injury and lives for one day without regaining consciousness, is a suit instituted after the death of the father maintainable by the children of the deceased father and mother against a tort-feasor, to recover for the alleged wrongful death of the mother ? In this connection see Hood v. Southern Railway Co., 169 Ga. 158 (149 S. E. 898); Denham v.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- King v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. VenableSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
- Thompson v. Georgia Railway & Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- Hood v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- City of Elberton v. ThorntonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Ford Motor Co. v. CarterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- First National Bank & Trust Co. v. KunesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Bloodworth v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Foster v. VickerySupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- Walden v. ColemanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
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