Poos v. Fred Krug Brewing Co.

Because tlie master must, not negligently fail to furnish the servant with a reasonably safe place to work, and cannot escape liability for the negligence by delegating the duty to another, plaintiff says that when defendant, to keep the ladder from slipping, put a man at the foot of it, he became liable for that man’s negligence in failing to hold the ladder. This is a non sequitur. Reasoning from a corollary we are liable to fall into error. We need to go back to first principles. Individuals are liable for tort because they have done wrong. In negligence cases the wrong consists in a…