Case Name: Marietta & North Georgia R. R, vs. Hilbburn
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1885
Citations: 1 Ga. L. Rep. 5
Docket Number: 
Parties: Marietta & North Georgia R. R, vs. Hilbburn.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Law Reporter
Volume: 1
Pages: 5–5

Head Matter:
Marietta & North Georgia R. R, vs. Hilbburn.
Complaint, from Cobb; Master and Servant. Contracts. Notice. (Before Judge Brown.)
W. M. Sessions for plaintiff in error.
F. A. & R. C. Irwin for defendant.

Opinion:
Jackson, C. J.
Where the agent of the Marietta & North Georgia Railroad employed one to act as a guard for convicts, and subsequently hired the convicts to a firm, the latter assuming the responsibility of guarding them, the employee having no notice or knowledge of such change, the company was not thereby discharged from its liability to him, and he would be entitled to recover from the company for his services until he was notified of the change in the contract.
(a.) It would make no difference that the agent of the company who contracted with plaintiff afterwards became the agent of the firm.
Judgment affirmed.