Lafayette Bridge Co. v. Olsen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error lo Hie Circuit Court of the United States for tlie Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The defendant in error brought suit to recover damages for the den ill of her intestate, .John Olsen, who was drowned in the Illinois river through falling from a temporary bridge or scaffolding whiie in the service of the Lafayette Bridge Company. The declaration contains six counts.
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In Error lo Hie Circuit Court of the United States for tlie Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. The defendant in error brought suit to recover damages for the den ill of her intestate, .John Olsen, who was drowned in the Illinois river through falling from a temporary bridge or scaffolding whiie in the service of the Lafayette Bridge Company. The declaration contains six counts. The first four counts substantially charge that the Lafayette Bridge Company, in charge of and engaged in consti acting a bridge across the Illinois river near the city of Spring Talley,…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
We have held in Reed v. Stockmeyer, 34 U. S. App. 727, 20 C. C. A. 381, 74 Fed. 186, that it is the duty of the master to use ordinary care to furnish appliances reasonably safe for the use of servants, — such as, with reasonable care on his part, can be used without danger save such as is incident to the business in which such instrumentalities are employed; that it is also the duty of the master to use like care to provide a safe place in which the laborer may perform his work, and to keep it in a suitable condition. These duties may not he foregone, and, when delegated to be performed by…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- The ConquerorSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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- Head v. HargraveSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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- Central Railroad Company v. KeeganSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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