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FELLOW-SERVANTS Definition & Legal Meaning

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“The dci.lcd weight of authority is to the effect that all whoserve the same master, work under the same control, derive authority and compensationfrom the same common source, and are engaged in the same general business,though it may be in different grades or departments of it, are fellow-servants, who takethe risk of each other’s negligence.” 2 Thomp. Nog. p. 1020,

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