Jones v. Belt
Superior Court of Delaware
This was an action against a master for damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of his servant while using the team of the master on the public highway.
1Opinion of the Court
Comegys, C. J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—
It is proper that we should, before we deal with this particular case on trial before you, give you information upon the subject of the liability of masters for the misconduct of their servants—of employers for that'of those they employ. For all injurious acts to others resulting from the ignorance, unskillfuJness, or negligence of *563persons in the service of others, those who employ them are liable, provided they were then engaged in the business of their employers. But for any wilful act of the person employed—that is, act outside, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Klipper v. CoffeyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876