Legal Opinion
Reaves v. Columbus Electric & Power Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 23, 1924No. 15080PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) We know nothing of the scope and terms of the agreement under which Mr. Potts let his servant Horace Goodwin to the defendant power company, except as revealed in the testimony of Goodwin himself. If we *148did, we might be able to hold, as a matter of law, whether he was to be treated as the servant of Potts or the servant of the defendant at the time and place in question, — that is, whether he was the servant of the defendant until he reached the situs of his general employment on Potts’s farm. He was the general servant of Potts as a farm laborer. It is…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. SumrellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
- Shaw v. Jones, Newton & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1909
- Evans v. MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Brown v. KellySupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Eastlick v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1902
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3Cited by61 opinions
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- Fulghum Industries, Inc. v. Pollard Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Mitchem v. Shearman Concrete Pipe Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
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