New v. Milligan

Citations

• 27 Pa. Super. 516
• 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 94

Syllabus

<p>. Negligence — Master and servant — Fellow servant — Vice principal — Caustic soda on lid of closet.</p> <p>Where a master or superior places the entire charge of his business or a branch of it, in the hands of an agent or subordinate, exercising no discretion of oversight of his own, the master is liable for the negligence of such agent or owner. The agent in such case is a vice principal.</p> <p>Where a manager in the exclusive control of a store for the owner, directs an unskilled workman to place caustic soda in a water closet, and the workman negligently sprinkles some of the soda on the lid of the closet, and the manager without examining to see whether the work was properly done directs to the closet a newly employed workman and the latter in using the closet is seriously burned by the chemical, the owner of the store is liable in damages for the injuries sustained.</p>