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Agency -- 1961 Tennessee Survey (Ii), W. Harold Bigham

Vanderbilt Law Review

I. Employee and Independent Contractor Distinguished

During the abbreviated survey period there were no significant or momentous decisions by Tennessee courts--state or federal--involving agency principles. Indeed the only state appellate case properly to be considered here involved the rather pedestrian question of whether a petitioner for workmen's compensation benefits was, vis-a-vis the defendant prime contractor, an employee or an independent contractor.

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II. Misrepresentations of Agent

Butts v. Colonial Refrigerated Transportation, Inc. is merely another example of the Sixth Circuit's unfortunate proclivity for writing per curiam affirmances. It is well-nigh impossible to determine whether the liability of the defendant which …

Liability Of Servant To Fellow Servant And Third Parties For Nonfeasance - Miller V. Muscarelle, Abel Merrill

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Apparent Authority Of Agent To Transfer Stock Owned By Principal - Henry V. Auchincloss, Parker And Redpath, Wilbur E. Simmons Jr.

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.