Opinion

Smith v. Southern Illinois & Missouri Bridge Co.

  • 326 Mo. 109
  • 30 S.W.2d 1077
  • 1930 Mo. LEXIS 797
Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Filed
Sep 4, 1930
Status
Published
On the bench
Ellison, Lindsay, Seddon
Cited by
14 cases

It is the duty of the master "to use all reasonable precautions which ordinary prudence would dictate, under the particular circumstances, in respect to the dangers to be reasonably anticipated and likely to occur to the servant in the course of the discharge of his duties."

How later courts described this case

  • It is the duty of the master "to use all reasonable precautions which ordinary prudence would dictate, under the particular circumstances, in respect to the dangers to be reasonably anticipated and likely to occur to the servant in the course of the discharge of his duties."

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This opinion written by our former Commissioner, the late JAMES D. LINDSAY, is adopted as the opinion of the court. All of the judges concur.

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