Canney v. Walkeine
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
In this case there were a verdict and a judgment for the plaintiff below, and the defendant below sued out this writ of error. It will be convenient to use the word “plaintiff” as indicating the plaintiff below, and “defendant” as indicating the defendant below.
The action rests on the provision in the employer’s liability act of Massachusetts which gives a right of action for a personal injury caused to an employé, “by reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer, entrusted with and exercising superintendence, whose sole or principal duty is that…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Prendible v. Connecticut River Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Malcolm v. FullerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Cashman v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Reynolds v. BarnardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Geloneck v. Dean Steam Pump Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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- Johnson v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1912