150 Ga. 291 | Ga. | 1920
The Court of Appeals desires instruction from the Supreme Court upon the following question: “Cordia Dayhuff sued Brown & Allen for damages, the full value of her husband’s
In accordance with the principle ruled in Spradlin v. Georgia Railway & Electric Co., 139 Ga. 575 (77 S. E. 799), the question propounded by the Court of Appeals must be answered in the nega tive. See also, to the same effect, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Hubble, 140 Ga. 368, 374 (78 S. E. 719, L. R. A. 1915E, 1132); Earley v. P. E. Ry. Co., 176 Cal. 79 (167 Pac. 513, L. R. A. 1918A, 997-c); Civil Code, § 4424. Eor a general discussion of this question see Rowe v. Richards, 35 S. D. 201 (151 N. W. 1001, L. R. A. 1915E, 1075, and notes) ; Lhota v. Oppenheimer, 247 Pa. 280 (93 Atl. 476, L. R. A. 1915E, 1102, and notes); St.
Upon request of the defendant in error we have reviewed the Spradlin case and decline to overrule it.