West v. Mathews

Jordan, Judge.

The sole question presented in this case is as follows: When a mother is killed by the negligent operation of a motor vehicle and is survived by a daughter, and the husband of the deceased is dead, and there are no other children, and the daughter, who survived her mother, herself dies before she has opportunity to bring suit for the full value of her mother’s life, is the administrator of the estate of the daughter, who survived her mother, entitled to recover for the full value of the mother’s life?

The petition is based on Code § 105-1306 which as amended in 1960 (Ga. L. 1960,…