Cobb v. Simon
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1 Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: OeRew T. Williams, Circuit Judge. This is an action for assault and false imprisonment. The facts were not seriously in dispute. June 18, 1900, the defendant was the proprietor of a large department store in Milwaukee, in which there were employed four floorwalkers- and more than 300 clerks.
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1 Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: OeRew T. Williams, Circuit Judge. This is an action for assault and false imprisonment. The facts were not seriously in dispute. June 18, 1900, the defendant was the proprietor of a large department store in Milwaukee, in which there were employed four floorwalkers- and more than 300 clerks. On the last-named day the plaintiff, a married woman living in Sheboygan county, entered the defendant’s store with her daughter Jennie Buscher, who lived in Milwaukee, to do some shopping. They went first, to the lace counter and bought…
1Opinion of the CourtWhstslow, J.
The undisputed evidence showed that Saxe was guilty of assault and false imprisonment, and the serious questions in the case were whether the defendant was ■shown to be liable for the acts of Saxe, either because they were within the scope of his employment or because the defendant ratified such acts after knowledge.
The principle is well understood that the master is liable for the negligent or wrongful acts of his servant committed 'in endeavoring to perform a duty delegated to him by the master, and this is so notwithstanding the method adopted by the servant may not have been authorized,…
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- Robinson v. Superior Rapid Transit Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
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