Wells v. Walker Bank & Trust Co., Inc.

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• holding that principal is not bound by acts of agent intending to further agent’s own self-interest rather than interests of principal
• if employee’s actions are not authorized by his employer and he is acting for his own interests and not in furtherance of his employer’s business, employer cannot be held vicariously liable for employee’s actions
• if employee’s actions are not authorized by his employer and he is acting for his own interests and not in furtherance of his employer’s business, employer cannot be held vicariously liable for employee’s actions
• if employee's actions are not authorized by his employer and he is acting for his own interests and not in furtherance of his employer's business, employer cannot be held vicariously liable for employee's actions
• if an employee's actions are not authorized by his employer and he is acting for his own interests and not in furtherance of his employer's business, employer cannot be held vicariously liable for employee's actions.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).