Court Opinion

ID: 9587493
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:22:47.130539+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:51:08.219643
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
In the motion for rehearing, counsel for the defendant in error states that the evidence shows that the defendant and his fiancee went to his place in the country to see what cleaning up had to be done, and that a day or so later, his fiancee went out and started “this work” and let the fire get out and cause the damage; that the work that she did followed definite plans that they had jointly made. It is contended that this evidence showed that the defendant’s fiancee was his agent and that he accepted the benefits of her work and thus ratified her act. An examination of the record and the brief of the evidence in this case fails to reveal any testimony supporting this contention. The testimony in the brief of evidence shows simply that the defendant’s fiancee went out to the defendant’s place to clean up his place without his knowledge, and there is not one word of evidence in the record before this court which would authorize the conclusion that she went out to his place pursuant to a pre-arranged plan between her and the defendant for her to do so. Furthermore, under the facts of this case, if it can be said that the defendant accepted whatever benefits accrued to him as a result of his fiancee’s efforts, such acceptance could not constitute a ratification of her tort.

Rehearing denied.