Hagins v. Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway Co.
Hagins v. Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway Co.
Opinion of the Court
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff, an employee of the defendant, was injured by the negligence of the engineer in charge of the locomotive. The general rule is well settled that where an employee is injured by the negligence of a fellow-servant — and such was the relation between the plaintiff, a bralceman, and the engineer — the common master is not responsible. It is true that upon allegation and proof that the servant was exposed to unusual and unreasonable risks, or that the master knowing that
Action dismissed.
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