STEPHENS v. STEWART

43584.

118 Ga. App. 811 (1968)

165 S.E.2d 572

STEPHENS v. STEWART.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 18, 1968.

Rehearing Denied December 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nall, Miller, Cadenhead & Dennis, A. Paul Cadenhead, Dennis J. Webb, for appellant.

Joseph E. Cheeley, Charles H. Hyatt, for appellee.


WHITMAN, Judge.

1. At common law a parent incurred no liability for the tort of a child from the mere relation of parent and child. Liability could be based, however, on the ordinary principles of liability of a principal for the acts of his agent, or of a master for his servant. Therefore, the meaning of Code Ann. § 105-108 providing that "Every person shall be liable for torts committed by . . . his child, or his servant, by his command or in the prosecution...

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