Standard Oil Co. v. Anderson
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion. The defendant and the negligent winchman did not sustain. to each other the relation of master and servant in such a sense that the defendant is liable for the winchman’s negligence within the doctrine of respondeat superior.
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CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion. The defendant and the negligent winchman did not sustain. to each other the relation of master and servant in such a sense that the defendant is liable for the winchman’s negligence within the doctrine of respondeat superior. Hereunder, cases, in which it is held that where a servant who is in the general employment of one person enters the particular or special employment of another, he becomes the servant of the special master, with relation to the particular service, and,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moody
The respondent, hereafter called the plaintiff, brought an action in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by him through the negligence of a servant of the petitioner, hereafter called the' defendant.
The plaintiff was employed as a longshoreman by one Torrence, a master stevedore, who, under contract with the defendant, was engaged in loading the ship Susquehanna with oil. The plaintiff was working in the hold, where, without fault on bis part, he was struck and injured by a draft or…
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