Petroleum Iron Works v. Bailey

Citations

• 124 Miss. 11
• 86 So. 644

Syllabus

<p>1. Master and Servant. Subforeman and employee fellow servants. Where the master has a general foreman in charge of work and an</p> <p>under foreman in charge of employees subject to his orders, the latter foreman and these employees are fellow servants, and the master is not responsible to these employees for the negligent acts of this subforeman.</p> <p>2. Master and Servant. Master not liable for assault by fellow servant.</p> <p>A master is not responsible for the wrongful act of an employee in assaulting another employee, when neither was acting within the course of his employment with a view to the master’s business.</p>