Cartter & Co. v. Cotter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Amendment. Master and servant. Negligence. Before Judge Maddox. Ployd superior court. March, term, 1891.
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed.
Cotter sued Cartter & Company, alleging: On June 9, 1888, he was employed by defendants at Rome, *287Georgia, they being engaged as bridge-builders in building a bridge across the Etowah river, as a day-laborer upon the construction of the false work of the bridge. There were employed upon the work twenty men, and its nature was such as to require the constant time and work of so many. Rees was foreman and Hubbard superintendent, and these two were in charge of the work for defendants. At the time mentioned the gang of twenty was short four men, and the entire work of the bridge…
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