Schindler v. Link Belt Machinery Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Schindler v. Link Belt Machinery Co.

197 Ill. App. 373

Appellate Court of Illinois·Decided January 3, 1916·No. Gen. No. 21,366·Published

Opinion

Mr. Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

Abstract of the Decision. Master and servant, § 846*—when act of servant not within scope of employment. The commission of an assault by a servant, who was engaged in guarding employees of the master on their way home during a strike, upon a person unconnected with and uninterested in the strike during a purely personal altercation, was an act without the scope of the employment of the servant so as not to make the master liable.

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Mr. Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

Abstract of the Decision. Master and servant, § 846*—when act of servant not within scope of employment. The commission of an assault by a servant, who was engaged in guarding employees of the master on their way home during a strike, upon a person unconnected with and uninterested in the strike during a purely personal altercation, was an act without the scope of the employment of the servant so as not to make the master liable.

Schindler v. Link Belt Machinery Co., 197 Ill. App. 373 (Ill. Ct. App. 1916).

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