Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. Citarles W. Ferguson, Action by Julia E. Taylor against the Singer Manufacturing Company and another'. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appead. Action for slander, begun by appellee against the Singer Manufacturing Company, a corporation, and Chas. Allen, jointly.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. Citarles W. Ferguson, Action by Julia E. Taylor against the Singer Manufacturing Company and another'. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appead. Action for slander, begun by appellee against the Singer Manufacturing Company, a corporation, and Chas. Allen, jointly. There were numerous counts to the complaint, but the cause was tried upon counts 5, 6, 7, and 8. These allege that the plaintiff had occasion to go to the office of the agent of the corporation who had charge of the business of the corporation, to-wit, Allen, and who,…
1Opinion of the Court
TYSON, O. J.
This action was brought against a corporation and its agent for slander. It is alleged in the complaint that the agent, “while, acting as agent for the defendant company and in line of his duty as such agent, falsely and maliciously charged the plaintiff with larceny, by speaking of and concerning her, in the presence of divers persons: ‘You are a thief. I know you.’ ” “The current of authority now is that corporations are. responsible civilly, the same as natural persons, for wrongs committed by their officers or agents iu the course of their employment, or which are authorized…
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