Whatley v. Block
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. January term, 1894.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Chief Justice.
This was an action by a servant against a master for personal injuries received in the course of his employment. The declaration alleged various acts of negligence on the part of the master. As this is not a case against a railroad company, the general law- governing master and servant applies, and the presumptions are all in favor of the master, and the burden of overcoming them by evidence is upon the plaintiff". In this class of cases the master is not liable to the servant for the *16negligence of a coservant unless it be shown that the master employed such coservant…
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