Legal Opinion
Adams v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 5, 1924No. 2115PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSE, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in error were plaintiffs below. One of them owned a country house in Marlboro county, S. C., and every one of them had personal property within it. It and its contents were destroyed by fire, and they are seeking compensation for their losses, which in their view were the direct consequences of an act of negligence of one Heeney, committed in the course and within the scope of his employment as a repairman of defendant’s. Nobody was in the house when the fire broke out. All the family had left on the morning of the preceding day to pay a visit, and none of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Washington Gas Light Co. v. LansdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Ritchie v. WallerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Morier v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Driscoll v. ScanlonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Feeney v. Standard Oil Co.California Court of Appeal · 1922
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3Cited by18 opinions
- George v. Bekins Van & Storage Co.California Supreme Court · 1949
- Walter Filipek v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc., and Third Party and Eastern Rigging Corp., Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Maloney Tank Mfg. Co. v. Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
- Kelly v. Louisiana Oil Refining Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1934
- Herr v. Simplex Paper Box Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
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