REEVES v. BRIDGES

37742, 37743.

248 Ga. 600 (1981)

284 S.E.2d 416

REEVES v. BRIDGES; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Nicholas P. Chilivis, Kenneth G. Menendez, Carlisle & Newton, John R. Carlisle, for appellant.

James I. Parker, Smalley, Cogburn & Flynt, Robert H. Smalley, Jr., for appellee.


CLARKE, Justice.

These appeals raise two issues: (1) whether Code Ann. § 105-1205, which provides a cause of action for the parent of a minor child against a person who sells or furnishes spiritous liquors to the minor, is constitutional; (2) whether intent to sell to a minor is an essential element for recovery under the statute. We hold the statute constitutional and hold that intent to sell to a minor is required.

The plaintiff in this case is the...

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