Peirce v. Oliver

Robinson, J. —

Appellee brought, this action to recover damages for a personal injury. The complaint *88is in one paragraph, and avers substantially that the predecessor of the appellant, receiver, employed one Earnst to have the care, repair, and inspection of bridges along the line of appellant railroad, and that he was authorized as bridge foreman to employ such bridge carpenters, helpers, and day laborers as might in his opinion be necessary to keep the bridges on the line of said road in repair; that said Earnst had the power and authority to employ, determine the compensation of, and to…