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HIRSH v. ANDREWS

32861, 32862.

81 Ga. App. 655 (1950)

59 S.E.2d 552

HIRSH v. ANDREWS et al. (two cases).

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Baxter Jones Jr., Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, for plaintiff in error.

Hewlett & Dennis, Sam D. Hewlett Jr., contra.

GARDNER, J.

While it is doubtless true as a matter of statistics that most automobiles maintained for family pleasure and convenience are owned and maintained by the head of the family, ownership in itself is not the basis of liability under the "family-purpose" doctrine in this State. This is clearly ruled in Hexter v. Burgess, 52 Ga.App. 819 (184 S. E. 769), where the husband's liability was not altered...

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