De Armas v. Bell

Citations

• 109 La. 181
• 33 So. 188
• 1902 La. LEXIS 132

Syllabus

<p>CITY ENGINEER. — SUSPENSION OE DEPUTY — ACTION EOR DAMAGES.</p> <p>1. Assumption of authority by an officer to suspend another officer will not furnish ground for an action in damages, when in good faith, and in pursuance of a precedent established on a previous occasion in the interest of, and at the instance of, such Suspended officer, to save him on such previous occasion from injurious publicity.</p> <p>2. The applicability of the doctrine of respondeat superior depends in large measure upon the extent to which the appointment and removal of the subordinate is under the control of the superior. ' ></p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>