Richardson v. American Cotton Mills, Inc.

Primarily the defense is based upon the contention that Lanier and the plaintiff were fellow-servants, and that for this reason the negligence of Lanier cannot be imputed to the defendant. That the fellow-servant doctrine relieves the master from liability where the person injured is a fellow-servant of the tort-feasor is so firmly established it is not essential to our present purpose that we inquire into the fundamental reasons upon which the rule is founded. Dobbin v. R. R., 81 N. C., 446; Walters v. Lumber Co., 163 N. C., 537; Page v. Sprunt, 164 N. C., 364; Brown v. Scofield Co., 174 N.…