Evans Laundry Co. v. Crawford
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court for Lancaster county. Action in the nature of case by an employee against an employer for damages received from employer’s alleged negligence in tbe operation of machinery. Tried below before Holmes, J. Verdict for $6,833. Judgment on verdict. The duty of instructing the servant as to his duties was specially delegated to Bryant. The master, by delegating such authority, assumed repsonsibility for Bryant’s acts.
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Error from the district court for Lancaster county. Action in the nature of case by an employee against an employer for damages received from employer’s alleged negligence in tbe operation of machinery. Tried below before Holmes, J. Verdict for $6,833. Judgment on verdict. The duty of instructing the servant as to his duties was specially delegated to Bryant. The master, by delegating such authority, assumed repsonsibility for Bryant’s acts. A vice-principal, as the term is used in the law of fellow servants, is a servant who represents the master in the discharge of those personal or…
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
This cause comes here by proceedings in error, prosecuted by the defendant in the court below, against whom a judgment was recovered by plaintiff on the ground of negligence. The negligence alleged was in respect of the operation of machinery used in connection with a steam laundry of which the defendant was proprietor, and also in relation to the manner of instructing the plaintiff how to operate such machinery; he having just prior thereto engaged himself as a servant in the employ of the defendant company for the purpose of assisting it in the conduct of its business. Several errors are…
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