PANNELL, Judge.
1. "Negligence" or "actionable negligence" as a legal term has received various definitions. See Southern R. Co. v. Chatman, 124 Ga. 1026, 1031 (53 SE 692, 6 LRS (NS) 283, 4 AC 675). "It is relative and can have no existence apart from some duty expressly or impliedly imposed. Before negligence can be predicated upon a given act, some duty to the individual complaining must be sought and found, the observance of which duty would have averted...
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