Lewis v. Chicago, St. P. & K. C. Ry. Co.

A demurrer was argued in this case, and I shall confine myself to a single issue raised therein. I think it settled law that a corporation can be held responsible for a tort, even to the extent of holding it liable for a tort of such a character that a court would call it so wanton as to be malicious; and that a master may be responsible for an assault and battery committed by one of his servants, whether that assault and battery be committed upon a co-servant or a stranger. I also take it to be settled under the rules of pleading that what was equivalent to a common count under the old…