Brown v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad

While ordinarily the cause of action for lost earnings and medical expenses expended is in the father of a minor child (Code § 105-107; Sheffield v. Lovering, 51 Ga. App. 353, 354 (3), 180 S. E. 523), a father may emancipate his minor child (Hargrove v. Turner, 112 Ga. 134, 37 S. E. 89, 81 Am. St. R. 134), and thereby vest in the child the right through his guardian or by next friend to sue for such damages. Coleman v. Dublin Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 47 Ga. App. 369 (170 S. E. 549). The right of action is a single one and cannot be vested in both the father and child at the same time. It must…