Knowles v. Gwynn

Nichols, Justice.

A writ of certiorari was granted in this case after the Court of Appeals held that a cause of action was not set forth against a principal for the acts of an agent because the petition failed to allege agency. See Knowles v. Gwynn, 117 Ga. App. 686 (161 SE2d 380). The action arose because of the alleged act of the defendant Gwynn in deliberately causing a collision between his automobile and the plaintiff’s truck while Gwynn was intimidating the plaintiff after the plaintiff had crossed a picket line of a plant being picketed by the defendant union of which Gwynn was a…