POTTER TITLE & TR. CO. v. KNOX


381 Pa. 202 (1955)

Potter Title & Trust Company, Admr., Appellant, v. Knox.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Alan Sherman, for appellants.

Thomas E. Barton, with him Paul F. Jones, for appellees.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, April 18, 1955:

This action seeks to apply the doctrine of respondent superior to facts which do not warrant the imposition of liability upon the employers for the act of the employe who committed the actionable offense.

The suit is based on an event which occurred more than seven years ago, but, since the docket entries have not been printed in the record, we are not informed as to the cause of this long delay in...

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