Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Swann
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from-Washington superior court—Judge Hardeman. March 7, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge, J.
The act of 1887 (Acts 1887, p. 45), codified in section 4434 of the Civil Code (1910), provides that “A mother, or, if no mother, a father, may recover for the homicide of a child minor or sni juris, upon -whom she or he is dependent, or who contributes to his or her support, unless said child leave a wife, husband, or child.” The language of this statute is that the recovery may be had either when the parent is dependent or when the child contributes to the parent’s support, but it is settled, both by the decisions of the Supreme Court and of this court, that, in order to authorize a…
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