Nicholas v. Evangelical Deaconess Home & Hospital
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Thomas C. Hennings, Judge. (1) Where one is permitted, temporarily in the absence of the regular servant or agent, to take the place and charge of matters committed to such absent agent or servant, he has for the time being the same authority as if he were the regular agent or servant. 21 R. C. L. sec. 34, pp. 855-856; Storage Co. v. Cox, 74 Ohio St. 284, 78 N. E. 371. (2’)1 The owner of a grocery store or retail business (or…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. Thomas C. Hennings, Judge. (1) Where one is permitted, temporarily in the absence of the regular servant or agent, to take the place and charge of matters committed to such absent agent or servant, he has for the time being the same authority as if he were the regular agent or servant. 21 R. C. L. sec. 34, pp. 855-856; Storage Co. v. Cox, 74 Ohio St. 284, 78 N. E. 371. (2’)1 The owner of a grocery store or retail business (or a drug store, as at bar) placing another in charge thereof-is held to have authorized such person so placed in charge to…
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. This is a suit for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff from having received a massage with carbolic acid instead of alcohol at the hospital of the defendant. The petition is as follows:
"Plaintiff states that defendant is, and at all of the time herein stated was, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Missouri, located and doing business in the City of St. Louis and maintaining and operating a hospital for the care and treatment of the sick.
"Plaintiff states that heretofore, to-wit, during January and February,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Schloendorff v. Society of the New York HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- McDonald v. Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Parks v. Northwestern UniversityIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
- Hearns v. Waterbury HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- Downes v. Harper HospitalMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Cochran v. WilsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1921
- Todd v. Curators of Mo. UniversitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1941
- Dille v. St. Luke's HospitalSupreme Court of Missouri · 1946
- Evangelical Lutheran Synod v. HoehnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1946
- Community Memorial Hospital v. City of MoberlySupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
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