Stevens v. Steadman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Meadow. Madison superior court. August 24, 1912.. Mrs. Mattie Steadman, for berself and in behalf of her three minor children, brought an action against O. A. Stevens and nine other defendants, for the alleged wrongful homicide of G. M. Steadman. So much of the petition as needs now to be considered was to the following effect: G. M. Steadman, hereinafter referred to ras the decedent, was the husband of.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Meadow. Madison superior court. August 24, 1912.. Mrs. Mattie Steadman, for berself and in behalf of her three minor children, brought an action against O. A. Stevens and nine other defendants, for the alleged wrongful homicide of G. M. Steadman. So much of the petition as needs now to be considered was to the following effect: G. M. Steadman, hereinafter referred to ras the decedent, was the husband of. Mrs. Mattie Steadman, and the father of the three minor children. He and the defendants were stockholders of the Tiller-Glenn Company, a domestic corporation…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) Evidently, from the allegations of the petition in this case, the plaintiff seeks to show a cause of action arising out of the tortious homicide of her husband. We do not think that when all the allegations are considered it is made to appear that the defendants committed any tortious act which has any causal relation to the death of the plaintiff’s husband. However odious such a conspiracy as that charged upon the part of the defendants may have been, and however reprehensible their conduct, the resulting product of the alleged conspiracy was not a crime…
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