Sherwood v. Fischer

Headnote

Negligence of apprentice — bond given by master for damages occasioned by—when liable on.

An apprentice in the employ of the defendant, with his assent, took defendant’s > horse and wagon for a ride, and, by his negligence, injured the assignor of the plaintiff. The apprentice was arrested, and, while he was in custody, the defendant appeared, and, after a full statement of the facts had been made, entered, into an engagement in writing, by which he promised to pay a certain sum for the injuries so occasioned. In an action upon this agreement, held, that the defendant was liable thereon.

Appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon the verdict' of a jury, and from an order denying a motion

for a new trial, made on the minutes of the justice before whom the case was tried.