Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1885

Walton v. New York Central Sleeping Car Co.

Walton v. New York Central Sleeping Car Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided June 24, 1885 · Allen
139 Mass. 556; 2 N.E. 101; 1885 Mass. LEXIS 148

Walton v. New York Central Sleeping Car Co.

Opinion of the Court

W. Allen, J.

The rulings and instructions of the court were correct. There was no evidence that Maxwell was employed by the defendant to take care of his own clothing and personal effects. The act complained of was not within the scope of his employment; and it is wholly immaterial that he was, at the moment, riding in a car of the defendant in which he was employed by it for other purposes.

Judgment on the verdict.

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