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The Calcutta Law Journal Short Notes of Cases Articles and other matters October & November 1914

1914

35 that it denied to the Mvnicipalfty due process of law because it iposed liability irrespective of any question of the power of the Municipality to have prevgnted the violence or of negligence on the part of the 1\Iunicipalit y in the use of its powers. [...].The House of Lords ruled in this case that a principal is liable for the fraud of his agent acting within the scope of his employment whether the fraud is committed for the benefit of the principal or for the benefit of the agent. [...] 'they ruled that the right to control and direct the servant and the manner of the performance of the service coupled with the right of selection of the servant and the power to remove him is the test to determine the relation of master and servant. [...] Consequently where one has the power to select and discharge the servant and to control and direct him in the manner of the performance of the service the relation of master and servant exists and this is true notwithstanding that the wages of the servant may be paid by a third person; in other words the mode of payment is a circumstance which bears on the question whether the relation of ma [...] This is followed by three chapters on the necessity of codification in this country the objections to codification and how they may be met and finally the influence of the condition of the people on the actual problem of codification.
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14
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India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120108
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The Calcutta Law Journal Short Notes of Cases Articles and other matters October & November 1914
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