Matthews v. Johnson

Gardner, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff contends that this case is not founded on the parental relation of the defendant to his minor daughter but on the defendant’s negligence in allowing his minor daughter to be accessible to and play with tools and instruments capable of inflicting serious injuries on others. Counsel for the plaintiff cite Hulsey v. Hightower, 44 Ga. App. 455 (161 S. E. 664) in support of the contention that the court erred in sustaining the general demurrer. The court held in that case that in order for the parent to be liable, gross negligence or indifference on the part…