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MARTIN V. ATCHISON, T. & S.F. R. CO., 166 U. S. 399 (1897)

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Martin v. Atchison, T. & S.F. R. Co., 166 U.S. 399 (1897)

Martin v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company

No. 170

Submitted January 25, 1897

Decided April 5, 1897

166 U.S. 399

Syllabus

The plaintiff in error was in the employment of the defendant in error as a common laborer. While on a hand car on the road, proceeding to his place of work, he was run into by a train and seriously injured. It was claimed that the collision was caused by carelessness and negligence on the part of other employees of the company, roadmaster, foreman of the gang of laborers, conductor, etc. Held that the co-employees whose negligence was alleged to have caused the injury were fellow servants of the plaintiff, and hence that the defendant was not liable for the injuries caused by that negligence.

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