Kauth v. Landsverk

The following opinion was filed March 9, 1937:

Fowler, J.

The appellants claim that upon the preceding statement of facts the impleaded husband is not liable for contribution because, (1) the principle of respondeat superior, which is the basis of the judgment for contribution, does not render the husband liable for the results of his agent’s (his daughter’s) acts unless his agent (his daughter) is herself liable for those results; and his agent (his daughter) is not so liable in the instant case because the plaintiff mother cannot sue her minor daughter; (2) the finding of the jury that the…