Case Name: Sykes v. Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1917-06-27
Citations: 20 Ga. App. 391
Docket Number: 8382
Parties: Sykes v. Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah.
Judges: Wade, O. J., and Luhe, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 391–391

Head Matter:
8382.
Sykes v. Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah.
Decided June 27, 1917.
Action for damages; from city court of Savannah—Judge Davis Freeman. December 12, 1916.
Shelby Myrick, for plaintiff. H. W. Johnson, for defendant.

Opinion:
George, J.
This aetion rests upon the general law of master and servant, and, in order for the plaintiff to recover, it must appear that the master knew or ought to have known of the danger,, that the plaintiff did not know, and by the exercise of ordinary care could not have known, and that he did not have equal means with the master of knowing the danger. The petition was properly dismissed on demurrer.
Judgment affirmed.
Wade, O. J., and Luhe, J., concur.