Ryan, C. J. I. We cannot help thinking that there has been some useless subtlety in the books in the application of the rule respondeat superior, and some unnecessary confusion in the liability of principals for willful and malicious acts of agents.This has probably arisen from too broad an application of the dictum of Lord Holt, that “ no master is chargeable with the acts of his servant but when he acts in the…
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