Kehoe v. Marshall Field & Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the case. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richard W. Chefobd, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
It is urged as a ground of reversal of the judgment that appellant did not bear such relationship to Cochrane, the detective, as makes it responsible for any of his acts, under the doctrine of respondeat superior.
The only direct testimony in the case as to the relationship of Cochrane to appellant and his authority from appellant is that of Cochrane. His testimony shows that he was employed and paid by the McGuire & White Detective Agency, and not by appellant, and that his duties were “to do general detective work.” He received his instructions as to his duties in the store of appellant from…
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