Raney v. Lachance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. Walter B. Douglas, Judge. (1) An employee or servant is liable in a suit brought by Ms master to indemnify the latter from the consequence of Ms negligence or misconduct.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. Walter B. Douglas, Judge. (1) An employee or servant is liable in a suit brought by Ms master to indemnify the latter from the consequence of Ms negligence or misconduct. Sehouler on Domestic Relations (5 Ed.), sec. 478; Green v. New River Co., 4 T. R. 589; Pritchard v. Hitchcock, 6 Man. & Gr. 165; Steinhauser v. Spraul, 127 Mo. 556. (2) And this liability exists notwithstanding the concur-: ring negligence of another, servant not made a defendant with him. Sehouler on Domestic Relations (5 Ed.), sec. 478; Zulkee v. Wing,' 20 Wis. 408; Boyle v.…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
The suit was commenced before a justice of the peace, on account, for a balance of $11.25 due plaintiff as wages earned while in the employ of defendant as a journeyman painter. The correctness of the account is admitted.
Defendant filed a counterclaim alleging in substance that prior to May 21, 1901, he contracted with the owner to do certain painting on the building known as No. 1008 on Pine street in the city of St. Louis; *481that on May 21, 1901, he directed the plaintiff, then in his employ as a journeyman painter, to proceed with other painters to do the painting contracted to he done on…
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