Sherman v. City of Grenada

Citations

• 51 Miss. 186

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations: Liability for the unauthorized acts of its officers or agents.</p> <p>A municipal corporation cannot be made liable for the illegal acts of its officers or agents, unless those acts are done under its authority previously conferred, or are subsequently ratified. As a general rule a corporation is not responsible for the unlawful acts of its officers or agents, though done colore officii. To make them liable it must appear that they were expressly authorized to do the acts by the corporate authorities, or that they were done bona fide, in pursuance of a general authority to act for the corporation on the subject to which they relate; or that in either case the act was adopted or ratified by the corporation.</p>