Dewey v. Parke, Davis & Co.

Alexander Dewey was a carpenter, and was in the employment of the defendant corporation, which was engaged in a business that in one of its departments required the services of carpenters, and from three to six were kept *632in employment all the time. One Wetzel was superintendent of defendant corporation, and one William Lodge was the foreman over the'earpenter department. If a carpenter was needed, Lodge reported to Wetzel, and he would authorize Lodge to employ him. Lodge had authority to discharge carpenters in his discretion. When carpenter work was to be done in his department, Lodge would…