The result of the cases is, that for acts done by the agents of a corporation, either in contractu or in delicti, in the course of its business, and of their employment, the corporation is responsible, as an individual is responsible under similar circumstances. Negligence in Law: General relations - Page 368by Thomas Beven - 1895 - 1779 pagesFull view - About this book
| Daniel Gardner - International and municipal law - 1860 - 740 pages
...corporation, as a rail-road or other corporate body, is liable for acts done by the agents of the corporation, in contractu or in delicto, in the course of its business, and of their employment, and an individual is responsible under similar circumstances. That corporations might thus be liable... | |
| Law - 1888 - 564 pages
...of a libel. The court, upon a full review of the anthorities, held it to be the result of the cases "that for acts done by the agents of a corporation,...responsible as an individual is responsible under similar ciscumstances." In State v. Morris & ER Co., 23 NJ Law, 369, it was well said that, " if a corporation... | |
| Henry Edward Wallace - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 676 pages
...Campbell, J., delivering the judgment of the court in Plula., W'd. & Bait. Railroad Co. vs. Qvigley, " that for acts done by the agents of a corporation, either in contractu or ex delicto, in the course of its business and thuir employment, the corporation is responsible as an... | |
| Nevada. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 518 pages
...individual acting for himself, render him liable for such damages." ' ' Second. The jury are instructed that for acts done by the agents of a corporation, either in contractu or ikiicto, in the course of its business and of their employment, the corporation is responsible as an... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 888 pages
...persons with whom they are brought into contact or collision. This result of the case is, that for the acts done by the agents of a corporation, either in...individual is responsible under similar circumstances." The law thus laid down by the Supreme Court is simple, clear and eminently just. It repudiates the... | |
| Albert Venn Dicey, John Henry Truman - Joinder of parties - 1879 - 586 pages
...the natural persons with whom they are brought into contact or collision. The result of the cases is, that for acts done- by the agents of a corporation,...business, and of their employment, the corporation is respdnsible, as an individual is responsible under similar circumstances. At a very early period it... | |
| Bibliography - 1883 - 494 pages
...in Betracht, wobei sie „conduct themselves fraudulently" ; ebenso gilt in Amerika der Grundsatz: „for acts done by the agents of a corporation either...individual is responsible under similar circumstances." Auch direkt kann die Gesellschaft haften für strafbare Handlungen, Missachten gesetzlicher Bestimmungen,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 962 pages
...for the publication. In that case Mr. Justice Campbell, in delivering the opinion of the court, said: for specific performance,f brought by the Montana Mining Company against the dellcto, in the course of its business and of their employment, the corporation is responsible as an... | |
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