Sacker v. Waddell
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County (Lloyd, J.) There have been many fine distinctions drawn, and many contradictory decisions have been arrived at in the various Courts upon this point as to whether the boy, Frederick Wad-dell,’ on the occasion in question was in the employment of his father, the appellee, or of Samuel Johnson, and upon this Court’s view of that single point the result of this appeal must rest.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County (Lloyd, J.) There have been many fine distinctions drawn, and many contradictory decisions have been arrived at in the various Courts upon this point as to whether the boy, Frederick Wad-dell,’ on the occasion in question was in the employment of his father, the appellee, or of Samuel Johnson, and upon this Court’s view of that single point the result of this appeal must rest. The question has never been passed on in this Court. According to a summary of the whole matter to be found in the case of Hardy v.'Spedden & Co., 37 L. R. A. 70, it…
1Opinion of the CourtBoyd, J.
The appellant sued the appellee for the loss of services of his son, who was about ten years of age, and for money expended by him for injuries sustained by the son by reason of the alleged negligence of the infant son of the appellee “employed and engaged in driving a wagon upon said defendant’s business.” Samuel Johnson assisted Waddell, the appellee, in threshing his wheat by furnishing him two men, a wagon and two horses, and he notified him when he would thresh" his own wheat and requested a return of help. Waddell said that, he could only send him a single team and “Fred might go, and…
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