Woods v. Town of Indianola

Citations

• 114 Miss. 722
• 75 So. 549

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities. Liability for torts of employees.</p> <p>In a suit by plaintiff against a municipality to recover punitive . damages for cutting off her water supply it was error to grant a peremptory instruction to the defendant where the evidence showed, that the municipality was under obligation to furnish water to all its residents, and that it had employed a special tax collector to collect its water tax with power to disconnect the water from the premises of any person declining to pay the same, that such water tax collector proceeded to act under this employment and made demand upon plaintiff for the payment of a greater water tax than the amount due by her, she having tendered the correct amount to him which he refused to accept and cut off her water supply, in such case the municipality was liable for his acts, although the order upon the minutes of defendant appointing the special tax commissioner required the giving of a bond by him which the evidence did not show he had given.</p>