O.C.G.A. § 10-6-120 (2019)
Overseer’s duties and powers
In the absence of the employer, the overseer stands in his place. It shall be his duty to see to the sustenance and protection of his employer’s property; and to discharge the duty, he shall be justified in repelling aggressors and trespassers to the same extent as the employer.
History
Orig. Code 1863, § 2193; Code 1868, § 2189; Code 1873, § 2215; Code 1882,
§ 2215; Civil Code 1895, § 3043; Civil Code 1910, § 3615; Code 1933, § 4-501.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Section does not make overseer purchasing agent. - This section is not to be construed as conferring upon an overseer implied legal authority to act as a purchasing agent so as to bind the overseer’s employer. Render v. Hill Bros., 30 Ga. App. 239, 117 S.E. 258, 1923 Ga. App. LEXIS 367 (1923). Overseer’s statement as to fence admissible to prove adverse possession. - By virtue of former Code
1868, §§ 2189 and 3721, the statement of the overseer of defendant, who was in possession on the land and managing the defendant’s property for the defendant as the defendant’s agent, as to the reason why a fence was located in a peculiar manner, was admissible to prove the adverse possession of the defendant. Doe v. Roe, 46 Ga. 593, 1872 Ga. LEXIS 128 (1872).
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Right to eject customer from store, 33 A.L.R. 421.
Implied or apparent authority of agent to purchase or order goods or merchandise, 55 A.L.R.2d 6.