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PACKET COMPANY v. McCUE

84 U.S. 508 (1873)

17 Wall. 508

PACKET COMPANY v. McCUE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.P.C. Cottrill, for the plaintiff in error (a brief of Mr. J.W. Cary being filed on the same side):

Messrs. Matthew Hale Carpenter and G.W. Lakin, contra.

Mr. Justice DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court.

It is insisted on the part of the plaintiff in error that a master is not responsible to a servant for injuries caused by the negligence or misconduct of a fellow-servant engaged in the same general business. Whether this general proposition be true or not it is not necessary to determine in the state of this record. It is conceded, if the employment of McCue by the company...

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