Hooten v. State ex rel. Cross County
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Cross Chancery Court; Charles D. Frierson, Chancellor on exchange; 1. Liability can not ¡be fixed upon this appellant on account of the conduct or the knowledge of Hooten and Going. They at no time in the transaction acted or assumed to act for the bank, or in their capacity as directors or officers of the bank. 57 Fed. 20; 118 Fed. 789; 6 Am. & Eng. Ann.
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Appeal from Cross Chancery Court; Charles D. Frierson, Chancellor on exchange; 1. Liability can not ¡be fixed upon this appellant on account of the conduct or the knowledge of Hooten and Going. They at no time in the transaction acted or assumed to act for the bank, or in their capacity as directors or officers of the bank. 57 Fed. 20; 118 Fed. 789; 6 Am. & Eng. Ann. Cases 675. 'The principal is liable for the tortious acts of agents only when the same are done in the course of their employment. 75 Ark. 579; 31 Cyc. 1584. '2. The fact that Frayser at one time discussed with Going the matter…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
At the general election in September, 1908, A. H. Hammett was elected treasurer of Cross County. He duly qualified as such treasurer and executed a bond in the sum of $50,000 with F. D. Rolfe and others as his sureties. At the general election in 1910 he was again elected treasurer and executed a' second bond in the sum of $65,000 with W. H. Harrell and others as his sureties. In the summer of 1912, during his second term of office, he made a settlement with the 'county court, and the sureties on his first and second bond were released. He then executed anewbond in the sum of $80,000, which…
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