Georgia Power Co. v. Wood

D. Wood brought an action for damages against the Georgia Power Company for the homicide of his minor son, D. B. Wood. The sole question presented by the record is whether the trial judge erred in overruling a general demurrer to the petition.

Omitting some of its formal allegations, and other allegations deemed unnecessary to the determination of the question raised, the petition substantially alleges: That at the time of the alleged homicide petitioner was the father of D. B. Wood, an infant eighteen years of age, whose mother was dead, who left no widow or child, and. who contributed to…