Savannah Electric Co. v. Dixon
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Savannah. — Judge Davis Freeman. May 21, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
1. Tlie petition set 'forth a cause of action, and the judgment sustaining certain grounds of the demurrer and overruling others was not error.
2. It can not, on the record in this case, be held that the verdict was induced by bias or prejudice; and, the trial judge having approved the verdict, this court has no right to interfere upon the ground that the amount awarded as damages ($3,000 for the homicide of a six-year-old boy) was excessive.
3. The court gave in charge to the jury the proper measure of damages. A parent is entitled, under the law, to recover the present cash value of the…
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