Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.


Judge Waterman, of the Cook county
ullinois) court, has handed down an
opinion of interest to employers and
those who work for them. from which
the following points are taken. % 1T is
row the undisputed right of every man
to determine upon what terms he will
work. and no inquiry can be made into
the motives which induce him to refuss
to labor mole than certain hours or on
certain days or in connection with par
ticular individuals. He need not give
any reason why he works or refuses so
to do. (2) An employe exercised her
undoubted right to, by agreement with
her fellow employees. strike and leave
the service of her employer C3) The
defendants agreed not to re-employ
| those who went out on a strike; this
| they had a right to do. according to the
| allegations of the declaration. Their
purpose in making this agreement was
| bad; because of such agreement the
plaintiff can not gel employment at her
trade and is thus injured; this gives her
! 10 right of action, for bad motive does
| not make lawful deed actionable. Chi
\ cago Legal News, June ".
4 PARENT AND CHILD HANDLING
LOADED WEAPONS.
\ A father who permits his infant son.
to handle loaded gun when. from ex-
| IRENE youth or mental weakness or the
Use of intoxicante, the boy is incompe-
tent to be Entrusted with a deadly weap-
on, is liable for injury 10 another result
| ing therefrom if he knew the danger. OF
| should have known 1t in the exercise of
ordinary care. GO Southwestern Repp.
4 (lly., Judge Hobson). 1nl3
sTELECi RAPH COMPANIES - REFU-
SAL TO RECEIVE. MESSAGE.
A telegraph company maintained an
Office at New Waverly, Texas. for many
ye airs On its books. used for the guild
ance of operators, the town was named
4 Waverly A message was rendered di-
rected to New W., which the operator,
4 not knowing that the company had an
4 office at New Waverly. refused to ac-
4 cept. Owing to such refusal plaintiff,
i a physician. was prevented from seeing
! his mother before her death. Held,
that the company was liable in damages
for the refusal. g. S. w Report lTexas,
4 Judge GID 107s.
OKF.RS--vOID CONTRACTS.
Where plaintiff undertook to procure
4 the passage of a resolution which would
|
b certain corporation. so as to cause a
!. depreciation in the value of its corporate
/ stocks and securities, in consideration OF
which defendant stockholders We're TO
1 speculate on their own account III the
shares of the investigated corporation
!. for the mutual benefit and profit OF
themselves and plnintiff. the contract
was void as against public policy. q
n. Y Supplement-. 45I.
J, PARTNERS H IP--NOTIcE OF DISCO
| LUTON
One Who With knowledge of the DIS
solution of a firm, sells goods 70 ms
person carrying on the business in tl'
name of the dissolved firm, cannot hof
Il retiring member liable, tho notice OF
!, the dissolution has not been published
lin a NJ wspaper on advertised In any
way. 40 Atlantic Reporter lloel) los
RAILROA Ds-k KILLING DOGS
A dog is species of property for tbs
!. injury of which an action at law ma!
i be maintained: and the owner of q dol
: can recover against a railroad for tn
negligent killing of such dog. - > Re
porter alabama. Judge sharpe) s2s.