Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Souther

Pannell, Judge.

1. “There is no requirement in our [Workmen’s Compensation] law that the employee at the time of the injury must have no objective other than the service of the employer.” Travelers Ins. Co. v. Bailey, 76 Ga. App. 698 (2) (47 SE2d 103); U.S. Fidelity &c. Co. v. Croft, 93 Ga. App. 114 (3) (91 SE2d 110). If an employee, while engaged in the business of his master, makes a slight deviation for ends of his own, the master remains liable when the act was so closely connected with the master’s affairs, that though the employee may derive some benefit from it, it may nevertheless be…