Dunbar v. Hines , 25 Ga. App. 675 ( 1920 )

Broyles, C. J.

Neither count of the plaintiff’s petition set forth a cause of action, and the court did not err in sustaining the general demurrer to each count and to the petition as a whole, and in dismissing the action.

Judgment affirmed.

Luke and Bloodworth, JJ., concur. Robert L. Berner,

for plaintiff, cited: On first count and as to presumption: Ga. L. 1909, p. 160 (Park’s Ann. Code, § 2782); 58 Ga. 485, 489; Id. 108; 80 Ga. 521; 85 Ga. 473; 89 Ga. 602 (6); 95 Ga. 685-6; 9 Ga. App. 154; 11 Ga. App. 167. On second count: 105 Ga. 543, 546; 5 Ga. App. 219. As to the theory of accident, etc.: 1 Thomp. Neg. 14, 70, 74; 50 Ga. 509, 511; 2 Ga. 349; 25 Ga. 26; 97 Ga. 777, 779; 7 Ga. App. 135-136; 4 Ga. App. 104; 59 Ga. 544; 143 Ga. 26; 6 Ga. App. 306; 3 Ga. App. 161; 126 Ga. 447; 118 Mass. 251-259.

Harris, Harris & Witman, for defendant,

cited: As to pleading: Civil Code (1910), §§ 5538; 112 Ga. 777 (2); 147 Ga. 438; 122 Ga. 695; Civil Code, §§ 2782, 3131; 117 Ga. 47, 53; 83 Ga. 70; 7 Ga. App. 268, 271; 11 Ga. App. 836; 18 Ga. App. 117; 19 Ga. App. 521; 20 Ga. App. 391; 22 Ga. App. 406; 5 Ga. App. 454, 697; 120 Ga. 1030. As to proximate cause, accident, etc.: 22 Ruling Case Law, § 11, p. 124; Civil Code, § 4509; 103 Ga. 847; 93 Ga. 570, 573; 86 Ga. 231, 388; 85 Ga. 507; 81 Ga. 694; 6 Ga. App. 459; Add. Torts, § 6; Cooley, Torts, 69; 1 Beven, Neg. 84; 2 El. & B. 490; 10 Wall. 176; 71 So. 685; 14 Am. Rep. 13; 12 Ga. App. 286, 29Q; 23 Ga. App. 753; 116 Ga. 152; 124 Fed. 130; 20 L. R. A. (N. S.), note, 92, 95, 96; 3 LaBatt, M. & S. 2762.