Williams v. Western & Atlantic Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Pendleton. Eulton superior court. January 14, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
Mrs. Jennie L. Williams brought suit against the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, to recover damages for the homicide of her son. The defendant filed a demurrer in the nature of a motion to dismiss the petition. The demurrer denied the right of the plaintiff to maintain a cause of action, alleging that such right of action, if &nj, exists only in the personal representative of such deceased employee for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband or child or children of such employee; and if none, then of such employee’s parents; and if none, then to the next of kin dependent upon…
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