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DAVIS v. ATLANTA GAS LIGHT CO.

33134.

82 Ga. App. 460 (1950)

61 S.E.2d 510

DAVIS, administratrix, v. ATLANTA GAS LIGHT CO.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Odum & Young, Franklin, Eberhardt & Barham, for plaintiff.

Moise, Post & Gardner, J. B. Copeland, Hugh E. Wright, for defendant.

TOWNSEND, J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Causes of action based on wrongful death survive in this State by virtue of statutory enactment (Code, Ch. 105-13) and allow recovery of the full value of the life of the decedent on behalf of the parties specified in the statute. Likewise, any pending action for the recovery of damages for homicide, injury to person or injury to property, does not abate. Code § 3-505. There is, however, no statute of this State...

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