Jones v. Mallory Steamship Co.

1. It is the duty of the master to furnish to the servants in his employ safe appliances for their labor, and a reasonably safe place in which to work.

2. This latter obligation does not require him to keep the place where they are employed in a safe condition at every moment of their work, so far as its safety depends on the due performance of that work by them and their fellow-servants. Byrd v. Thompson, 146 Ga. 300 (91 S. E. 100).

3. Where proper appliances are furnished, and an injury to a servant is occasioned, not by reason of a defect therein, but on account of the negligence of…