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MAXWELL v. HARRELL

42527, 42528.

115 Ga. App. 97 (1967)

153 S.E.2d 653

MAXWELL v. HARRELL, by Next Friend, et al. MAXWELL v. HARRELL et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 25, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander, Vann & Lilly, Frank T. Holt, for appellant.

Bell & Baker, R. A. Bell, Robert L. Bell, for appellees.

DEEN, Judge.

1. While the master is not ordinarily liable for the negligence of a fellow servant (Code § 66-304), he is liable for his own negligence or that of his vice principal acting for him. Woodson v. Johnston & Co., 109 Ga. 454 (1) (34 SE 587). There was evidence in the record to support the allegations of the petition that Powe had sent a fellow servant into the area on the other side of the proposed pond to cut trees, and thereafter...

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