9 Ga. App. 171 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1911
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
Counsel for the plaintiff very strenuously urges that the tendency and trend of modern thought, both secular and judicial, is toward extending the liability of masters for injuries received by their servants in the course of employment, and to give every injured servant indemnity where it appears that he himself was free from fault. "We concede that this is the trend and the tendency, and we may confess that we think it is a very proper trend and tendency; but judges should be governed by the law as it actually is, and should let trends and tendencies be given effect in another way.
Judgment affirmed.