Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railway Co. v. Toy

Citations

• 91 Ill. 474

Syllabus

<p>1. Master and servant—liability of master to servant for injury from defective machinery. Employers are only required to provide machinery of- good material, and to have it constructed in a good and workmanlike manner. They, whether as individuals or corporations, are not insurers of their employees against injury from its use.</p> <p>2. Where an engineer of a railway company was killed by the explosion of a boiler of a locomotive, and it appeared the boiler was made of the best material, and by first-class manufacturers, and had not been used long enough to create any suspicion of its unsafe condition, and the defect was not of such character as could have been discovered by any of the tests usually employed for the purpose, and there was no sign or indication of its unsafety, it was held, that the company was not liable for the injury.</p>