105 Ga. 271 | Ga. | 1898
Jossey sued the Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company upon an account for services rendered as baggage-master and flagman. The defendant admitted that it became indebted to the plaintiff as alleged, but pleaded as a set-off that plaintiff was due it a sum larger than the amount sued for, by
The baggage-master, being an agent for hire, was bound to exercise about the duties of his position that ordinary care and diligence required of a bailee for hire. Civil Code, § 3009. I£
Judgment reversed.