Standard Oil Company v. Harris

120 Ga. App. 768 (1969)

172 S.E.2d 344

STANDARD OIL COMPANY

v.

HARRIS et al. BOLDEN et al.

v.

HARRIS et al.

44523, 44549.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Argued May 29, 1969.

Decided December 5, 1969.

King & Spalding, Kirk McAlpin, John H. Watson, Jr., for Standard Oil.

Pittman & Kinney, John T. Avrett, for Bolden.

John E. Wiggins, Shaw, Stolz & Fletcher, Irwin Stolz, Jr., Frank M. Gleason, for Harris et al.

EBERHARDT, Judge.

1. The holding in Bolden v. Barnes, 117 Ga. App. 862 (162 SE2d 307) is controlling. There it was settled that "the cause of decedent's death was his removal of the gas cap simultaneously…