Morgan v. Bowman
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. In this suit, originally brought by Morgan against Bowman and one Greer, plaintiff sought to recover compensation for injuries sustained by him through the alleged fault of defendants, in carelessly and negligently causing certain goods belonging to plaintiff to be destroyed by fire when stored in a warehouse belonging to defendant (Bowman). The alleged negligence consisted in the careless management of a fire on the roof of said warehouse,…
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Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. In this suit, originally brought by Morgan against Bowman and one Greer, plaintiff sought to recover compensation for injuries sustained by him through the alleged fault of defendants, in carelessly and negligently causing certain goods belonging to plaintiff to be destroyed by fire when stored in a warehouse belonging to defendant (Bowman). The alleged negligence consisted in the careless management of a fire on the roof of said warehouse, used in boiling tar, pitch and other materials ; the defendant (Bowman) having employed said Grier to superintend the…
1Opinion of the CourtLeonard, Judge
The questions discussed here, in the application of the rule, “ respondeat superior,” is, whether the defendant, the owner of the building for whom the work was being done, was respon-' sible as master ; or whether Greer, whom the defendant had employed to have the work done for him, was alone liable, on the ground that the relation of superior and subordinate, within the meaning of the rule, did not exist between them. It was admitted in the answer that the defendant was the owner of the building ; that he had directed the roof to be repaired, and had engaged a person to have the work done,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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