Crook v. Foster
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Patterson. Cobb superior court. September 3, 1913. This action was brought on account of the homicide of the plaintiffs child, Gladys Martin, caused by the falling of a porch connected with the defendant’s millhouse.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Patterson. Cobb superior court. September 3, 1913. This action was brought on account of the homicide of the plaintiffs child, Gladys Martin, caused by the falling of a porch connected with the defendant’s millhouse. The allegations were substantially as follows: The child, aged ten years, was killed at the mill of the defendant, by the falling of a cover, shed, or roof of the porch thereof, she being present on said porch, where she had been waiting for about fifteen minutes, “for the purpose of procuring her lunch from her stepfather, J. W. Crook—he being a…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The plaintiff bases her right of action upon § 4424 of the Civil Code of 1910, which provides: “A mother, or, if no mother, a father, may recover for the homicide of a child minor or sui 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. Said mother or father shall be entitled to recover the full value of the life of said child.”
1. In the petition it is alleged that the plaintiff “was partially dependent upon her said minor child for support, and that said minor child…
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