Legal Opinion
Arteaga v. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1938No. 8772PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The suit was under Sec. 105-1307 of the Georgia Code of 1933 1 for damages for the negligent homicide of appellant’s son. The claim was that while suffering from manic depressive psychosis with a strong tendency to commit suicide, her unmarried son was placed in Allen’s Invalid Home, an institution maintained by appellee for the care of such cases. That though in this condition it was necessary to watch him at all times to prevent his harming himself, and this was known to appellee, she negligently permitted him to be left unattended, arid to commit suicide by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Smith v. HatcherSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Brawner v. BussellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
- Owens v. Anchor Duck MillsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
3Cited by3 opinions
- Jacques Moreau v. Egon Oppenheim v. Virginia H. Zimmerman, Intervenor-Appellee. Alduro-Raynes Arabians, Inc. v. Jacques MoreauCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Roberto v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
- Arteaga v. LiterskiWisconsin Supreme Court · 1978