Reed v. Stockmeyer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. This suit was commenced by Ludwig" Stockmeyer, the defendant In error, to recover damages for personal injuries incurred while in the service of David Reed, the plaintiff in error. The suit was brought in the circuit court of the county of Lawrence, state of Indiana, and duly removed into the court below upon the ground of diverse citizenshii) of the parties.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. This suit was commenced by Ludwig" Stockmeyer, the defendant In error, to recover damages for personal injuries incurred while in the service of David Reed, the plaintiff in error. The suit was brought in the circuit court of the county of Lawrence, state of Indiana, and duly removed into the court below upon the ground of diverse citizenshii) of the parties. The complaint originally filed charged that one Drehoble was at the time of the accident, May (5, 1892, in charge of the quarry operated by the plaintiff in…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
It is the duty of the master to use ordinary care to fi — cish machinery and appliances reasonably safe and suitable for the use of the servant, such as with reasonable care upon the part of the serv-' ant can be used without danger except such as is incident to the business in which such instrumentalities are employed. So, also, is it the duty of the master to provide a reasonably safe place in which the servant may perform his work, and to keep it in such suitable condition. This duty is not absolute, but relative. It is measured by the nature and character of the employment, the location…
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- Northern Pacific Railroad v. HamblySupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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