122 N.J.L. 95 - Wirth v. Gabry

How this case has been cited

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently February 1997

3 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Per Curiam.

¶1 The judgment of the Supreme Court is affirmed, for the reasons stated in the deliverance of Mr. Justice Porter.

¶2 It suffices to add that the doctrine of respondeat superior rests upon the relation of master and servant. In the doing of the negligent act, the servant must be engaged in his master’s affairs or business. Doran v. Thomsen, 76 N. J. L. 754; Missell v. Hayes, 86 Id. 348; Flanigan v. Guggenheim Smelting Co., 63 Id. 647, 663; Evers v. Krouse, 70 Id. 653; Ceslak v. Krause, 108 Id. 350; Schank v. Cerniglia, 113 Id. 306. This disposes of the point made by appellant.

¶3 For affirmance — The Chief Justice, Parker, Heher, Hetfield, Dear, Wells, WolfsKeil, Rafferty, Walker, JJ. 9.

¶4 For reversal — The Chancellor, Trenchard, Bodine, Perskie, JJ. 4.