Walton v. New York Central Sleeping Car Co.
Walton v. New York Central Sleeping Car Co.
139 Mass. 556; 2 N.E. 101; 1885 Mass. LEXIS 148
Cases that cite this one
14 later published cases cite this decision.
- Nealy v. Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company (Tex. App. 1964)
- Adams v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. (4th Cir. 1924)
- Savannah Electric Co. v. Hodges (Ga. Ct. App. 1909)
- Sullivan v. Crowley (Mass. 1940)
- Gibson v. Dupree (Colo. App. 1914)
- Gibson v. Dupree (Colo. App. 1914)
- Berry v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. (Mass. 1905)
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Arnold (Tex. App. 1903)
- McCarthy v. Timmins (Mass. 1901)
- Fletcher v. Baltimore & Potomac Railroad (Supreme Court of the United States 1897)
- McCann v. Consolidated Traction Co. (N.J. 1896)
- Fletcher v. Baltimore & Potomac Railroad (D.C. Cir. 1895)
- Bowler v. O'Connell (Mass. 1894)
- Smith v. Spitz (Mass. 1892)
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Opinion of the Court
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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