Taylor v. Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Vanderburgh Superior Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, C. J.
— The appellant was a machinist, in the service of the appellee, engaged in work at its shop in the city of Evansville, under the control of its master mechanic, John Torrence. The master mechanic had the entire control of the shop, of all the employees therein, and of all work ; he had full authority to employ and discharge the machinists and workmen, and'he had authority to select and to change *125machinery. On the 21st day of April, 1884, the appellee desired to inspect the head of the equalizer on one of its locomotives for the purpose of ascertaining whether the key could be changed, and…
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