Sawmill Const. Co. v. Bright

Citations

• 116 Miss. 491
• 77 So. 316

Syllabus

<p>1. Torts. Joint and several liability.</p> <p>It is settled in this state that tort-feasors may be sued jointly and severally, and that one • joint tort-feasor is not released from liability by suit or judgment against the others, but that it requires a satisfaction or payment to satisfy the liability against joint tort-feasors.</p> <p>2. Master and Servant. Relation. Performing service for another.</p> <p>A person who is in the general employment of one person may be temporarily in the service of another with respect to a particular transaction or piece of work, so that the relation of master and servant arises between them as where an employer lends liis employee to a third person for. a particular employment, the employee for any thing done in the particular employment, is the employee of the third person, though he remains the general employee of the employer.</p> <p>3. Master and Servant. Relation. Question for jury.</p> <p>Whether or not plaintiff who was employed and paid by one party, hut was injured while cranking an engine at the request of a foreman of another party was at the time of the accident the servant of the other party was a question for the jury.</p>