LILLY v. JOHN ROANE, INCORPORATED

No. 9456.

337 F.2d 379 (1964)

Dorothy LILLY and Donald Lilly, Appellants, v. JOHN ROANE, INCORPORATED, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Daugherty, Charleston, W. Va. (Preiser, Weaver & Daugherty, Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for appellants.

Robert W. Lawson, Jr., Charleston, W. Va. (Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH and BRYAN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff has appealed from a summary judgment entered for the defendant, a corporation engaged in the adjustment of claims against its insurance company clients. It was brought on the theory that the defendant was responsible for the alleged wrong of officers in the office of West Virginia's Fire Marshal. The plaintiff contended that the doctrine of respondent superior was applicable because the defendant reported to the Fire Marshal's office a fire...

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