Moore v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 115 La. 86
• 38 So. 913
• 1905 La. LEXIS 623

Syllabus

<p>MASTER AND SERVANT — EMPLOYMENT OP MINOR —ASSUMPTION OP RISK.</p> <p>1. A railway company is not at fault in employing as a brakeman an intelligent young man, 19, who has the. appearance of being 22 or 25, years of age, in the absence of any objection from his parents or tutor.</p> <p>■ 2. An experienced brakeman, who, in violation of a rule of the company employing him, and of specific instructions, voluntarily and unnecessarily goes between the moving cars of a train, assumes the risk of the consequences.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>