Savannah Electric Co. v. Thomas

The plaintiff, suing under the Civil Code (1910), § 4424, recovered for the alleged negligent homicide of her child of the age of six years and two months. The defendant excepted to the overruling of its motion for a new trial. The case is sufficiently disposed of by the headnotes, save as to the contentions, under the general grounds, that the evidence did not show that the mother was dependent or that “this particular child was capable of and did make substantial contributions to its mother’s support,” and with the exception of two assignments of the motion for a new trial, hereinafter to…