Citizens Gas & Electric Co. v. Black
Ohio Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Appeals of Lorain county. This was an action in slander brought by E. T. Black against the plaintiff in error. Judgment was obtained in the sum of $1000 in the trial court, which was affirmed by the court of appeals. Error is prosecuted in this court to reverse that judgment. The Citizens Gas & Electric Company is a corporation engaged in the distribution of gas and electricity in various places, including the city of Lorain, Ohio.
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Error to the Court of Appeals of Lorain county. This was an action in slander brought by E. T. Black against the plaintiff in error. Judgment was obtained in the sum of $1000 in the trial court, which was affirmed by the court of appeals. Error is prosecuted in this court to reverse that judgment. The Citizens Gas & Electric Company is a corporation engaged in the distribution of gas and electricity in various places, including the city of Lorain, Ohio. In that city one William M. Adams had full charge of the business of the company, subject however to supervision by officials residing in…
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J.
There is no claim that any express authority was conferred on Adams to utter a slander in connection with his agency at Lorain, nor was there any evidence of a ratification by the corporation of the agent’s action. The only question presented is whether, in the absence of express authority or ratification, the defendant could be held liable under an implied authority conferred by reason of the general scope of employment under which Adams was then acting in the furtherance of the corporate business. .Stated broadly, it may be that there is m> “agency to slander” arising from the mere fact of…
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- Duquesne Distributing Co. v. GreenbaumCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
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