Moody v. Hardeman

1. The rule that the master is not liable for his failure to furnish his servants a safe place in which to work “where the very work the servants are employed, to do consists in making a dangerous place safe, or in constantly changing the character of the place for safety as the work progresses” (Holland v. Durham Coal Co., 131 Ga. 715, 63 S. E. 290; Byrd v. Thompson, 146 Ga. 300, 91 S. E. 100), will not relieve the master from liability “merely because the servant was engaged in construction work, and . . at the time of the injury the object being constructed was in an unfinished state, to…