Legal Opinion

Matthews v. Clough

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided December 5, 1900PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.

Tfie master is liable for an injury to fiis servant caused by negligence of tfie master co-operating with, negligence of a fellow-servant, tfie injured servant being in no fault. Paulmier v. Railroad, 34 N. J. Law 151; Morrisey v. Hughes, 65 Vt. 553; Cone v. Railroad, 81 N. Y. 206; Norfolk & Western R. R. v. Nuckols, 91 Va. 193; Grand Trunk R'y v. Cummings, 106 U. S. 700; Cayzer v. Taylor, 10 Gray 274; Clark v. Soule, 137 Mass. 380; 2 Shearm. & Red. Neg. (5th ed.), s. 188.

This principle seems to have been stated to tfie jury in tfie first instance in a form that was satisfactory to tfie…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. CummingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Cone v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  3. Norfolk & Western Railroad v. Nuckol's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  4. Clark v. SouleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
  5. Morrisey v. HughesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1893

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Nadeau v. SawyerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1904
  2. Hamel v. Newmarket Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905
  3. Parkinson v. Concord Street RailwaySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1901
  4. State v. IsabelleSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1921
  5. Vaisbord v. Nashua Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1908

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