N. O., J. & G. N. R. R. Co. v. Hughes
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of the first district of Hinds county. Hon. George F. Browít, Judge. On the 14th of August, 1871, appellee instituted in the court below, an action of trespass on the Case v. Appellants, alleging that he had been in the employment of the said company, as engineer on a passenger train, running o¡-ver the whole road; that, whilst so employed, and without any neglect on/¿is part, but through the neglect, carelessness and omission of duty on the part…
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Error to the circuit court of the first district of Hinds county. Hon. George F. Browít, Judge. On the 14th of August, 1871, appellee instituted in the court below, an action of trespass on the Case v. Appellants, alleging that he had been in the employment of the said company, as engineer on a passenger train, running o¡-ver the whole road; that, whilst so employed, and without any neglect on/¿is part, but through the neglect, carelessness and omission of duty on the part of the R. R. company, in suffering the cross-ties and structure of the railroad to become rotten, dangerous and unsafe,,…
1Opinion of the CourtSiMRAtu, J.
The question chiefly discussed at the bar was, whether a servant could recover from his master, for injuries resulting from the carelessness and negligence of a fellow servant engaged in a common business, and if so, under what circumstances.
At this day, associations of numerous persons and their capital undertake and conduct many of the great enter: prises. Whether united into partnerships or corporations, they require a great number of subordinate agents and employes. The corporation being an ideal personage, conducts its affairs exclusively by agents and servants. To a very large degree,…
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