Tucker v. Mappin

149 Ga. App. 847 (1979)

256 S.E.2d 135

TUCKER

v.

MAPPIN.

57179.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Submitted February 12, 1979.

Decided May 8, 1979.

Hubert E. Hamilton, III, for appellant.

Kendrick-Holmes, Slocumb & Pinkston, Robert S. Slocumb, for appellee.

SHULMAN, Judge.

Appellant-Tucker, on behalf of his minor son, brought suit against appellee-Mappin, under the family purpose doctrine, for injuries his son sustained while riding as a guest passenger in defendant's car. From a jury verdict for the defendant, plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

1. One of the issues in contention was the identity of the driver of…