RAILROAD COMPANY v. FORT

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84 U.S. 553 (1874)

17 Wall. 553

21 L.Ed. 739

RAILROAD COMPANY, v. FORT.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 5, 1874.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.P. James (a brief of Mr. A.J. Poppleton being filed), for the plaintiff in error:

Messrs. J.I. Redick and Clinton Briggs, contra.


Mr. Justice DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court.

It was assumed on behalf of the plaintiff in error, on the argument of this cause, that the master is not liable to one of his servants for injuries, resulting from the carelessness of another, when both are engaged in a common service, although the injured person was under the control and direction of the servant who caused the injury. Whether this proposition, as stated, be true or not, we do not propose to consider...

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