Canton Cotton Warehouse Co. v. Pool

Citations

• 78 Miss. 147

Syllabus

<p>1. Master and- Servant. Independent tort.</p> <p>The master is not responsible for the independent torts of his servants, not done in his business, but wholly on their own account.</p> <p>2. Same. Use of master's machinery.</p> <p>The use by servants of their master’s machinery in the perpetration of an independent tort, having no relation to their employment, does not render the master liable therefor.</p> <p>3. Same. Practical johe.</p> <p>The master is not responsible for the results of a practical joke played by his servants on a stranger, not in the performance of their duties, but wholly beyond the scope of t'heir employment.</p>