Dougherty v. Woodward
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action, for damages. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. May 31, 1917. Mrs. Dougherty sued Woodward for the financial value of the life of her son, alleged to have been killed by the defendant’s son in the negligent operation of defendant’s automobile.
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Action, for damages. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. May 31, 1917. Mrs. Dougherty sued Woodward for the financial value of the life of her son, alleged to have been killed by the defendant’s son in the negligent operation of defendant’s automobile. It is alleged in her petition that “defendant’s son at said time and place drove defendant’s automobile, and the other occupant of the automobile was defendant’s wife, and the automobile at said time and place was operated for and in behalf of defendant,.and in the furtherance of his interest.” By amendment it was alleged: “Said…
1Opinion of the CourtHarwell, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) It is not necessary to consider the allegations or the proof as to the acts of negligence charged to the defendant’s son, the value of the life of plaintiff’s deceased son, or any other circumstance save that of the agency of the son in driving the defendant’s ear, which feature we deem controlling upon the case. The evidence was in sharp conflict as to whether the car, driven by the defendant’s son at the time of the injury, was the property of the defendant or his wife, and would have authorized either conclusion. However, conceding that the car was the…
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