Walters v. Berry Schools

1. A master is bound to exercise ordinary care in furnishing machinery and appliances equal to those in general use, and reasonably safe for all persons who operate them with ordinary care and diligence in furtherance of' the purposes for which such instrumentalities are intended. Civil Code (1910), § 3130; Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Skipper, 125 Ga. 368 (54 S. E. 110). If the proximate cause of an injury consists in the failure of the master to perform the duty thus actually devolving upon him, he is liable to the injured servant, provided the servant, by the exercise of ordinary care, could…