Exposition Cotton Mills v. Sanders
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action, for damages. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. April 25, 1914. D. N. Sanders brought suit against the Exposition Cotton Mills, to recover damages on account of an alleged unlawful assault upon him by a servant of the defendant, acting within the scope of his duties. The petition alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff was working for the defendant at its factory, and was boarding with a Mr. Queen at 109 Main Street, near the mills.
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Action, for damages. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. April 25, 1914. D. N. Sanders brought suit against the Exposition Cotton Mills, to recover damages on account of an alleged unlawful assault upon him by a servant of the defendant, acting within the scope of his duties. The petition alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff was working for the defendant at its factory, and was boarding with a Mr. Queen at 109 Main Street, near the mills. The house occupied by Queen .belonged to the defendant, and Queen was its tenant. On the afternoon of the day named in the petition the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The petition is not clear that the servant of the defendant was also an officer of the law. He is referred to as a policeman, and also as having taken the plaintiff up the street to be delivered to a police patrol. We think it is fairly inferable from these allegations that the defendant’s servant was also a special officer of the law, detailed for service upon the defendant’s premises. A servant may also be a special officer of the law, and the latter fact does not relieve the master from liability for his acts within the scope of his authority as…
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