Park Hotel Co. v. Lockhart
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Hot Spring Circuit Court. Alexander M. Dueeie, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is an action originally instituted in the Garland circuit court, on the 1st day of September, 1891, against the appellant Hotel Company, as defendant, by the appellee', Cora Bockart, as plaintiff, for personal injuries and damages laid at the sum of $25,000. On the 10th of December, 1891, on application of the plaintiff, the venue was changed to the circuit court of Saline county,…
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Appeal from Hot Spring Circuit Court. Alexander M. Dueeie, Judge. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is an action originally instituted in the Garland circuit court, on the 1st day of September, 1891, against the appellant Hotel Company, as defendant, by the appellee', Cora Bockart, as plaintiff, for personal injuries and damages laid at the sum of $25,000. On the 10th of December, 1891, on application of the plaintiff, the venue was changed to the circuit court of Saline county, and, at the March term, 1892, of the Saline circuit court, on application of the defendant, the venue was changed to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Burn, C. J.,
(after stating the facts.) The gravamen of the complaint in this action, as in all actions of the kind, is that, by reason of the negligence of the master, the servant has suffered injuries for which damages are sought. This necessarily demands an inquiry into the relation of master and servant, and as b> the mutual obligations and duties, growing out of that relation, which they owe to each other.
There does not seem to be any real controversy in this case as to the character and quality of the “mangle,” the machine at which the plaintiff, as an employee of the defendant company,…
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