36 S.E. 881 (Ga. 1900), Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Cassin

Citation: 36 S.E. 881, 111 Ga. 575

Opinion Judge: SIMMONS, C.J.

Party Name: SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. v. CASSIN et al.

Attorney: Burton, Smith, Dorsey, Brewster & Howell, for plaintiff in error. Arnold & Arnold and Bray & Arnold, for defendants in error.

Judge Panel: 1. That a husband or father who, in consequence of the negligence of a telephone company, received personal injuries from which he died, had, while in life, received from the company full compensation for the tort to himself, does not defeat the statutory right of the widow or children to bring a...

Case Date: Thursday August 09, 1900

Court: Georgia Supreme Court