29 Ga. 399 | Ga. | 1859
By the Court.
delivering the opinion.
The only question in this case is as to the legality of the evidence which was objected to, but admitted. We think it was clearly inadmissible. The Judge below puts its admission upon the ground, that it was as much within the business of the company to have its operatives repaired when injured at their work, as it is to have the machinery repaired when it is out of order. This would be the exact law of the case, if the company’s operatives were its slaves, instead of being free white men and women.- A master’s business and duty is, to make his slave work,and then to furnish him all that is necessary for him. But when the relation of employer and employee exists between white people, the contract of the parties, is the standard of their duties. If
Judgment reversed.