Verona Central Cheese Co. v. . Murtaugh
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order denying a motion for a new trial, and ordering judgment of dismissal of complaint and nonsuit. (Reported below, 4 Lans., 17.) The action was brought to recover penalties given by chap. 361 of the Laws of 1865 for delivering to plaintiff’s factory diluted and skimmed milk. Defendant lived upon, managed and controlled his farm and the work thereon.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order denying a motion for a new trial, and ordering judgment of dismissal of complaint and nonsuit. (Reported below, 4 Lans., 17.) The action was brought to recover penalties given by chap. 361 of the Laws of 1865 for delivering to plaintiff’s factory diluted and skimmed milk. Defendant lived upon, managed and controlled his farm and the work thereon. His wife, son and daughter milked the cows, prepared the milk for the factory, and delivered it. They delivered watered and skimmed…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
A principal is confessedly liable for the acts of his agent, within the scope of his general authority < A master is responsible for the fraudulent misrepresentation or deceit, as well as for the negligence or other wrongful act of a servant, if committed in the business of his master, and within the scope of the servant’s employment, although, in doing it, he departed from or violated the instructions of the master. (Higgins v. Watervliet T. & R. Co., 46 N. Y., 23; Durst v. Burton, 47 id., 167.) So, too, the principal is chargeable with notice to or knowledge by the agent of matters…
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