Calvo v. Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta R. R.
Citations
- 23 S.C. 526
- 1885 S.C. LEXIS 131
Syllabus
<p>1. A locomotive engineer and a section-master of track-workers are not fellow-servants in the sense that the railroad company employing them would not be liable to one for damages resulting to him from the negligence of the other.</p> <p>2. Where an engine is thrown from the track and the engineer injured through the negligent violation of the rules of the company by a section-master, the company is liable to the engineer, the section-master being a representative of the company.</p>
Judges: McIver
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