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FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. WILLIAMS

22167.

219 Ga. 505 (1963)

134 S.E.2d 32

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. WILLIAMS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 12, 1963.

Rehearing Denied November 26, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, J. William Gibson, for plaintiff in error.

Benjamin B. Blackburn, III, Peek & Blackburn, Ezra E. Phillips, contra.

HEAD, Presiding Justice.

The Code provides that every person shall be liable for torts committed by his servant by his command "or in the prosecution and within the scope of his business." Code § 105-108. Construing this Code section, this court in Greeson v. Bailey, 167 Ga. 638 (146 SE 490), held: "If injury is done by the servant not in the prosecution or scope of his business, the master is not liable... The servant must be acting both...

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