Case Name: David H. White v. The City of Cleveland
Court: Cuyahoga County Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1901-05-31
Citations: 24 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 503
Docket Number: 
Parties: David H. White v. The City of Cleveland.
Judges: Hale, J.; Caldwell, J., and Marvin, J., concur.
Reporter: Ohio Circuit Court Reports (new series)
Volume: 24
Pages: 503–503

Head Matter:
MUNICIPALITY NOT LIABLE FOR NEGLIGENCE WITH RESPECT TO A WORKHOUSE PRISONER.
Circuit Court of Cuyahoga County.
David H. White v. The City of Cleveland.
Decided, May 31, 1901.
Municipal Corporations — No Liability for Injury to One at Work Under a Prison Sentence.
W. C. Rogers and L. H. Ware, for plaintiff in error.
Beacom, Babcoch, Excell, Gage <& Carey, contra.
Hale, J.; Caldwell, J., and Marvin, J., concur.

Opinion:
In this ease we hold that a prisoner convicted of a violation of a city ordinance, and sentenced to the workhouse at hard labor, can not maintain an action against the city for negligence of its' officers and employees in the execution of the sentence, either in negligently providing defective machinery upon which the prisoner is compelled to work, or negligently directing the manner in which the work is to be done.
This results in an affirmance of the judgment of the court of common pleas.