Shay v. American Iron & Steel Co.

Citations

• 218 Pa. 172
• 67 A. 54
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 475

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Course of employment — Nonsuit.</p> <p>A corporation, operating an iron works is not liable for damages to a house and injuries to the owner, from the negligent shooting of men engaged to take the place of strikers, where it appears that the shooting was directed from defendant’s premises against a mob, that it was not authorized by the defendant, and not within the course of employment of the persons doing it.</p>