Supreme Court of Georgia, 1901

Porter v. Ocean Steamship Co.

Porter v. Ocean Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided July 20, 1901 · Simmons
113 Ga. 1007; 39 S.E. 470; 1901 Ga. LEXIS 452

Porter v. Ocean Steamship Co.

Opinion of the Court

Simmons, C. J.

Where an.employee sued his master for injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of the master’s negligence, and the evidence showed that, if the master was negligent at all, the plaintiff knew of such negligence and took the resulting risk, it was not error to grant a nonsuit.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring.

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