Case Name: Ralph Piett, Respondent, v. Pittsburg Contracting Company, Appellant, Impleaded with Another, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1915-12
Citations: 171 A.D. 938
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ralph Piett, Respondent, v. Pittsburg Contracting Company, Appellant, Impleaded with Another, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 171
Pages: 938–938

Head Matter:
Ralph Piett, Respondent, v. Pittsburg Contracting Company, Appellant, Impleaded with Another, Respondent.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the New York county clerk’s office on the 10th day of February, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered on the 5th day of February, 1915, denying a motion for a new trial.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The evidence clearly shows that the defendant Mitchell was not acting in the course of his employment, or within the scope of his authority, in assaulting the plaintiff. There is nothing in the testimony that would make the defendant corporation liable for the assaults of Mitchell; and for that reason the finding that Mitchell was acting within the scope of his authority and that the defendant appellant was liable for Mitchell's assaults is reversed, the judgment reversed, with costs, and the complaint dismissed, with costs. Present — Ingraham, P. J., McLaughlin, Clarke, Scott and Smith, JJ. Judgment reversed, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs.