Public Indemnity Co. v. Yearwood

The plaintiff brought suit against one Peabody for the homicide of her minor son, alleged to have been caused by the negligent operation of the defendant’s automobile by one Ingram. The defendant demurred to the petition, the demurrer was sustained, and that judgment was affirmed by this court, holding that Ingram occupied the status of an independent contractor at the time of the death of the plaintiff’s son. Yearwood v. Peabody, 45 Ga. App. 451 (164 S. E. 901). Peabody was named as the insured in a policy of automobile liability insurance. Thereupon the plaintiff brought suit against the…