Bryson v. Atlanta Gas Light Co.

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Evelyn Bryson, plaintiff, brought an action for damages against the defendant, Atlanta Gas Light Company, for the death and loss of services of her thirteen year old son, Gordon Bryson, while he was attending school and residing in a dormitory on the campus of the Georgia Military College at Milledgeville, Georgia.

At the trial it was stipulated by the parties that the death of plaintiff’s son was caused by asphyxiation from carbon monoxide fumes which escaped from the basement and boiler room of the dormitory in which he was sleeping into his room above.

The evidence…