GLEAN v. SMITH

42640.

116 Ga. App. 111 (1967)

156 S.E.2d 507

GLEAN, by Next Friend v. SMITH.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 5, 1967.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long & Glean, M. A. Glean, Sr., William F. Braziel, for appellant.

Brannen, Clark & Hester, Perry Brannen, for appellee.


DEEN, Judge.

1. Where liability of a parent for the tort of a child is based on the parental relationship, the imputation of negligence must stem from an agency or master-and-servant relationship. Bell v. Adams, 111 Ga.App. 819 (1) (143 S.E.2d 413), holding that a parent was not liable where the 17-year-old son intentionally shot another with the father's rifle, which had been left in a place accessible to him, in the absence...

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