Hatfield v. Adams
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 57. — ACTION BY MIKE HATFIELD BY HIS NEXT FRIEND AGAINST W. Q. ADAMS, FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES. — Appeal from' Daviess Circuit Court. T. F. Birkhead, Circuit Judge. Judgment for Defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
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Case 57. — ACTION BY MIKE HATFIELD BY HIS NEXT FRIEND AGAINST W. Q. ADAMS, FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES. — Appeal from' Daviess Circuit Court. T. F. Birkhead, Circuit Judge. Judgment for Defendant. Plaintiff appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. It is the duty of the master who employs a youthful or inexperienced servant and subjects him to the control of another servant to see that ho is not employed in a more dangerous or hazardous position than that for which he was employed and to give him such warning of his danger as his youth or inexperience demands and this responsibility cannot be…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Settle
Affirming.
The appellant, Mike Hatfield, an infant, by bis father and nest friend, brought this action in the court below to recover of the appellee, W. Q. Adams, damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through the negligence of the latter’s employe. It was alleged in the petition that appellee is the publisher of a newspaper in the city of Owensboro, called the “Owensboro Daily Inquirer,” and owner of an office, printing presses, and machinery for publishing the same and doing other printing; that the paraphernalia of the printing office includes a…
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