Gonsior v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.

Minnesota Supreme Court
Gonsior v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co., 36 Minn. 385 (Minn. 1887)
31 N.W. 515; 1887 Minn. LEXIS 231
Gileillan, Mitchell

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Gonsior v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.

Dissenting Opinion

Mitchell, J.

I dissent. I think that McCuteheon, the foreman in charge of the round-house, from whom plaintiff received his orders, was, as respects this plaintiff, a vice-principal, and represented the defendant master.

Opinion of the Court

Gileillan, C. J.

The action was properly dismissed. Assuming that it was negligence on the part of the foreman at the round-house to order plaintiff to do the particular thing in which he was hurt, it was the negligence of a fellow-servant. There was no evidence of a failure on the part of defendant to furnish, for the use of its servants at the round-house, all proper and necessary instruments to do the work as safely as it can be done, nor that the foreman was not a skilful and competent man. The case is directly within the decision in *386Brown v. Winona & St. Peter R. Co., 27 Minn. 162, (6 N. W. Rep. 484.)

Order affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
John Gonsior v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company
Cited By
4 cases
Status
Published