Harte v. Town of Dartmouth

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• island caretaker who was responsible to keep trespassers off the island could use such force as is necessary to accomplish the purpose
• island owner is liable if caretaker would not allow boat to land in a storm as long as caretaker did not act for his own private purpose
• although scope of employment is normally a question of fact, it can be decided as a matter of law where “facts and the inferences to be drawn therefrom are not in dispute”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).