Rummell v. Dilworth, Porter & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Allegheny County: Of October and November Term, 1885, Nos. 208 and 209. These were two actions brought in the Court below against the same defendants, Dilworth, Porter & Co., Limited, one by George Rummell, Jr., a minor, to recover for injuries suffered through the alleged negligence of the defendants, the other by George Rummell, Sr., father of the said George Rummell, Jr., to recover for the loss of bis son’s services, and for…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 1, of Allegheny County: Of October and November Term, 1885, Nos. 208 and 209. These were two actions brought in the Court below against the same defendants, Dilworth, Porter & Co., Limited, one by George Rummell, Jr., a minor, to recover for injuries suffered through the alleged negligence of the defendants, the other by George Rummell, Sr., father of the said George Rummell, Jr., to recover for the loss of bis son’s services, and for expenses, medicine, etc., rendered necessary by the same cause. The negligence set up in the declaration in each case was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
The defendants, Dilworth, Porter & Co., Limited, are the owners of a spike mill in the city of Pittsburg. The plaintiff was, at the time of the injury complained of, an operative or laborer in that mill; he was employed by Wm. Richards, the roller boss, and was paid by him, but whether he was directly in the defendant’s employ, or indirectly as the assistant of Richards, he may be treated as their employee. He was engaged in the work of the defendants, upon their machinery, and the de*347fendants were themselves operating the mill. The right of the roller boss to employ assistants'is clearly…
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