LOVETT v. GARVIN

28886.

232 Ga. 747 (1974)

208 S.E.2d 838

LOVETT v. GARVIN et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 17, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Eugene G. Partain, Robert M. Travis, for appellees.

Richard A. Rice, for appellees.


GRICE, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether the right of action of a husband for the tortious homicide of the wife under the wrongful death statute of this state (Ga. L. 1887, pp. 43, 45; 1939, p. 233; 1960, pp. 968, 969; 1971, p. 359; Code Ann. § 105-1306) accrues at the time of the death of the wife from the injuries inflicted by the defendant, or at the time the injuries were inflicted. Certiorari was granted because this court...

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