Legal Opinion
Odom v. Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 11, 1948No. 16360PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wyatt, Justice.
Three minors, suing by next friend, brought a suit for damages against a railroad, alleging, among other things, that their father had been negligently killed by the railroad; that prior to the death of their father their mother had died, and their father had then remarried; that after the death of their father, the railroad contacted their stepmother, and “fraudulently settled whatever interest she may have had in the value of the life of the said Charles G. Odom, by paying her the sum of $173, and also fraudulently settled, in so far as they could, the claims of the three…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Steed v. SavageSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Bernstein v. FagelsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
- Copeland v. CheneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Fowler v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
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