Hornbuckle v. Plantation Pipe Line Co.

Hawkins, Justice.

This case is here on certiorari from the Court of Appeals, excepting to a holding by that court, in Plantation Pipe Line Co. v. Hornbuckle, 93 Ga. App. 391 (91 S. E. 2d 773), that “A bom child cannot maintain an action for tortious injuries sustained by it as an embryo or foetus not quick in its mother’s womb,” in which opinion that court, in reversing the trial court, stated: “Since the plaintiff was not quick in her mother’s womb at the time of the injuries complained of, the court erred in overruling the general demurrer to the petition.” Held:

“For every right there shall…