Kasner v. Gage

Peterson, Justice.

Defendant Periodical Publishers’ Service Bureau, Inc. (hereinafter Periodical) was adjudged liable for the acts of its agent, Richard Gage, d.b.a. International Magazine Service, (hereafter Gage) 1 in the surreptitious taking and use of the customer cards and contracts of plaintiff, Edmund Kasner, d.b.a. Civic Reading Club of Minneapolis (hereafter Kasner), notwithstanding a finding that Periodical did not know of those unlawful acts and did not ratify them. This appeal from the judgment puts in issue the responsibility of a principal for the intentional tort of an agent.

Defe…