Case Name: NIEBUHR v. PRIDGEN BROTHERS COMPANY
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1937-11-05
Citations: 56 Ga. App. 668
Docket Number: 26388
Parties: NIEBUHR v. PRIDGEN BROTHERS COMPANY.
Judges: Button, J., concurs. Stephens, P. J., dissents.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 56
Pages: 668–670

Head Matter:
26388.
NIEBUHR v. PRIDGEN BROTHERS COMPANY.
Decided November 5, 1937.

Opinion:
Felton, J.
A nonsuit is proper where the evidence fails to show that a tort committed by an agent was within the scope of his authority or that it was authorized or ratified by officials of the defendant corporation having authority to do so. Wikle v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., 116 Ga. 309 (42 S. E. 525).
Judgment affirmed.
Button, J., concurs. Stephens, P. J., dissents.
A. N. Durden, J. M. Forrester, for plaintiff.
J. W. Dennard, for defendant.