Sweeny v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Sixth District Court, parish of Orleans. Saucier, J. IThe only principle applicable to this case is that contained in C. C. 2320, to the effect that masters and employers are responsible for the faults of their servants and employees. 7 An. 325 ; 14 An. 818 ; 26 An. 170 ; 17 An. 166; 11 An. 396; 16 An. 321; Potbier des Obligations, vol. 1, p. 166; Duranton, vol. 7, p. 512, No. 724; Toullier, vol. 6, p. 117, No. 282 ; O. N. 1384. This responsibility cannot be…
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APPEAL from the Sixth District Court, parish of Orleans. Saucier, J. IThe only principle applicable to this case is that contained in C. C. 2320, to the effect that masters and employers are responsible for the faults of their servants and employees. 7 An. 325 ; 14 An. 818 ; 26 An. 170 ; 17 An. 166; 11 An. 396; 16 An. 321; Potbier des Obligations, vol. 1, p. 166; Duranton, vol. 7, p. 512, No. 724; Toullier, vol. 6, p. 117, No. 282 ; O. N. 1384. This responsibility cannot be gotten rid of by delegating the work to another and giving him control. Sherman & Redfleld on Negligence. p. 132, et…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Todd, J.
The plaintiff claims, from the master and owners of the .ship Regina, damages for an injury alleged to have been caused by an •employee of the defendants, in this way : That plaintiff was working as a, screwman in the hold of the ship Tasmania, and the ship Regina, of ■which defendants wore owners, and one of them master, was being loaded with cotton at the time; that the cotton was being rolled across the Tasmania on staging reaching to the ship Regina; that in the act of rolling a bale of cotton across the Tasmania, through the carelessness…
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