Thompson v. Georgia Railway & Power Co.

1. This being a suit by a servant against his master to to recover for injuries received by the servant as a result of his being “kicked” by the.cranking lever which the servant was turning for the purpose of “ cranking up ” a gasoline engine attached to a motor-vehicle known as a tractor, which the servant was employed to operate, which kicking by the lever it was alleged was caused by “back-firing ” of the engine, and which injuries were alleged to have been received by the servant as a result of the negligence of the master in furnishing the tractor to the servant in a defective condition,…