Illinois Cent. R. v. Green

The Illinois Central Eailroad Company appeals from a judgment of one thousand two hundred fifty dollars, rendered against it as damages for an assault and battery committed upon appellee, Wilson Green, by a servant of the railroad company, while appellee was a trespasser, stealing a ride upon one of its freight trains.

The main point urged by appellant for reversal is that, if the assault was committed by one of its servants, it was done-while the servant was acting beyond the scope of his authority, and not in furtherance of the master’s business. The opposite view of the appellee is that the…