Jellico v. White & Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Richmond county— Judge W. F. Eve. June 5, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.
1. In order for a servant to recover damages from a master on tlie ground that the master has been negligent in not furnishing a safe place in which to work, it must, as a general rule, appear that the master knew, or ought to have known, of the defect or danger, and that the servant did not know, and had not equal means of knowing, such fact, and by the exercise of ordinary care could not have known thereof. Ludd v. Wilkins, 118 Ga. 525 (45 S. E. 429) ; Holland v. Durham Coal & Coke Co., 131 Ga. 715, 721 (63 S. E. 290).
2. The plaintiff was a saleswoman in the carpet department of the…
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