79 Ga. 315 | Ga. | 1887
The declaration does not allege that the shooting of the cow was no offence ; but, on the contrary, we are left to infer from the declaration that it was a crime to shoot the cow in the way he did. If it had alleged that the shooting of the cow was no crime, or that he did not know that it was a crime, and that he was obliged to obey Collier’s orders, possibly that count in the declaration would have been good. But it is a rule in pleading that the pleadings must be taken most strongly against the pleader. Where two inferences may be drawn from the pleadings, one favorable to the pleader and one unfavorable to him, the court will draw that inference which is most unfavorable to the pleader. We think, taking this count in the declaration as it sí ands, that it contains no cause of action against Collier.
This count in the declaration does not allege that Collier was receiving his services without compensation. Probably if there had been such an allegation, that count would have been good; but we are left to infer that he did receive compensation from Collier for his services; and if he did, we cannot very well see how Collier was bound to furnish him surgical aid in having his legs straightened; nor, having failed to do so, how he can be liable to him for damages.
But it is insisted that Collier stood in looo parentis to him. If Collier had been his parent, there would have been no right of action on the part of the son against the father for not.furnishing surgical aid in having the son’s legs straightened after the son had become of age. But if Collier took this man when he was a boy, received all his services and paid him nothing, then he would have been under legal obligation to furnish him surgical aid, probably to the extent of having his legs straightened if they could be straightened. But it is not alleged in the declaration that Collier had his services without compensation; so we conclude that the general demurrer to this declaration upon the ground that there was no cause of action set out in either count, was well sustained by the court; and the judgment of the court below is affirmed.