Stanley Matthews

“ The court thereupon, at the request of the plaintiff's counsel, instructed the jury as follows: 'That sound sense and public policy require that railroad companies should not be exempt from liability to their employes for injuries resulting from the incompetency, negligence, or carelessness of co-employes, when, by the exercise of proper diligence, such injuries might be avoided.' To which the defendant, by its counsel, duly excepted. ”

“ The greater the danger from the negligence, incompetence, or carelessness, he greater the care should be in his selection or retention; for instance, the same degree of diligence or care which is required in the employment of a locomotive engineer would not be required in the employment of a fireman.' To this the defendant duly excepted. ”