Clark v. Union Iron & Foundry Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — No». Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (1) The rudimental relation of master- and servant is that it is a duty incumbent upon the master that he use ordinary care to see that the place where he orders the servant to perform work or service is reasonably safe for the servant to perform that service.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — No». Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (1) The rudimental relation of master- and servant is that it is a duty incumbent upon the master that he use ordinary care to see that the place where he orders the servant to perform work or service is reasonably safe for the servant to perform that service. Dayharsh v. Railroad, 103 Mo. 576; Herdler v. Stove Co., 136 Mo. 16; Doyle v. Trust Co., 140 Mo. 10; Burk-hard v. Rope Co., 217 Mo. 481. (2) This duty, inherent in the master, was charged on the master’s vice-principal, the foreman, in this case, and his orders to…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
— The plaintiff sued the defendants, Union Iron & Foundry Company and the St. Louis & Suburban Railway Company, for the sum of $30‘,000 damages sustained by him for personal injuries received through the alleged joint negligence of the *?said defendants. A trial was had in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, which resulted -in a judgment for the plaintiff for the sum of $20,000 against the defendant Railway Company, and a judgment in favor of the defendant Iron '& Foundry Company, and against the plaintiff. The Railway Company appealed .to this court from the former judgment, and the…
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