Mitchell v. City of Newnan

Clark, Judge.

In this suit for personal injuries arising out of a collision between the plaintiff’s car and a city police automobile the question presented for decision is the right of counsel for the plaintiff to propound to the jury voir dire questions concerning any financial interest in the insurance company carrying public liability coverage for the City of Newnan.

In 1880 the Supreme Court of Georgia in Rivers v. City Council of Augusta, 65 Ga. 376 (38 AR 787), promulgated the doctrine whereby a municipal corporation was ruled to have no tort liability when acting in the performance of…