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Paschal v. Hardwick

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Oct 17, 1942
68 Ga. App. 571 (Ga. Ct. App. 1942)

Opinion

29706.

DECIDED OCTOBER 17, 1942. REHEARING DENIED DECEMBER 15, 1942.

Action for damages; from McDuffie superior court — Judge Perryman. April 18, 1942.

Randall Evans Jr., Jack D. Evans, for plaintiff.

Stevens Stevens, for defendant.


1. While in an action for damages based upon the alleged unlawful homicide of the plaintiff's husband, the plaintiff can not in one count allege both wanton and slight negligence on the part of the defendant ( Southern Ry. Co. v. McCrary, 55 Ga. App. 406, 190 S.E. 195), yet it is well settled by numerous decision of the Supreme Court and this court that she can do so in different counts of her petition.

2. Applying the above-stated ruling to the facts of this case, the court erred in disallowing the amendment to the petition offered by the plaintiff, and that error rendered the further proceedings in the case nugatory.

Judgment reversed. MacIntyre and Gardner, JJ., concur.

DECIDED OCTOBER 17, 1942. REHEARING DENIED DECEMBER 15, 1942.


Summaries of

Paschal v. Hardwick

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Oct 17, 1942
68 Ga. App. 571 (Ga. Ct. App. 1942)
Case details for

Paschal v. Hardwick

Case Details

Full title:PASCHAL v. HARDWICK

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Oct 17, 1942

Citations

68 Ga. App. 571 (Ga. Ct. App. 1942)
23 S.E.2d 465

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