Wemyss v. Wyoming Valley Paper Co.

Underlying much of the defendant’s argument is the thought, not clearly expressed, that the relationship between the defendant and the plaintiff was not that of master and servant, and that the rules of law governing the latter relationship were, therefore, inapplicable. This theory is untenable. “The word servant, in our legal nomenclature, has a broad significance, and embraces all persons of whatever rank or position, who are in the employ, and subject to the direction or control of another in any department of labor or business. Indeed it may, in most cases, be said to be synonymous with…