134 Ga. 712 | Ga. | 1910
X. In an action by a servant against a master for alleged failure of duty on the part of the latter in not giving to the servant warning of a danger incident to his employment, it must appear that the master knew or ought to have known of the danger, and that the servant injured did not know and had not equal means with the master .of knowing such fact, and by the exercise of ordinary care could not have known it. If the danger be obvious .and as easily known to the servant as to the master, the latter will not he liable for failing to give warning of it. Civil Code, §§ 2611, 2612; Commercial Guano Co. v. Neather, 114 Ga. 410 (40 S. E. 299); Crown Cotton Mills v. McNally, 123 Ga. 35 (51 S. E. 13), and cases cited. As the purpose of instruo
Judyment affirmed.