Georgia Railway & Power Co. v. Beale

Mrs. Marjorie A. Beale brought suit, through her husband, R. H. Beale, as next friend, to recover damages for the homicide of her father, claiming that he had been killed on account of the negligence of the Georgia Railway & Power Company. The deceased was a widower at the time of his death. The petitioner, at the time of her father’s death, was married, and, nothing appearing to the contrarjq it must be presumed that she was supported by her husband. She was the only minor child of the deceased.

This case presents but a single question, and that is, has the plaintiff, under the facts stated,…