Case Name: GEORGE SHERWOOD, Respondent, v. WILLIAM L. FISCHER, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1875-02
Citations: 10 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 606
Docket Number: 
Parties: GEORGE SHERWOOD, Respondent, v. WILLIAM L. FISCHER, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 10
Pages: 606–607

Head Matter:
GEORGE SHERWOOD, Respondent, v. WILLIAM L. FISCHER, Appellant.
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.
Otto Meyer, for the appellant.
J. 0. DyTcmam,, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Opinion by Donohue, J.
Present — Babnabd, P. J., and Donohue, J.
Judgment and order affirmed, with costs.