STANDARD SURETY & CASUALTY CO.

v.

PLANTSVILLE NATIONAL BANK ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Am. Soc'y of Mech. Eng'rs, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp., 456 U.S. 556 (U.S. 1982)
  …ance, a principal is liable for an agent’s fraud though the agent acts solely to benefit himself, if the agent acts with apparent authority. See, e. g., Standard Surety & Casualty Co. v. Plantsville Nat. Bank, 158 F. 2d 422 (CA2 1946), cert. denied, 331 U. S. 812 (1947). Similarly, a principal is liable for an agent’s misrepresentations that cause pecuniary loss to a third party, when the agent acts within the scope of his apparent authority. Restatement (Second) of Agency §§ 249, 262 (1957) (Restatement);…
• United Slate v. G & M Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., Inc., 732 F.2d 495 (6th Cir. 1984)
  …e analysis predisposed against utilization of the contingency arrangement as an outside limit to an award of counsel fees. This issue is not new to F.L.S.A. litigation. In Skidmore v. John J. Casale, Inc., 160 F. 2d 527, 531 (2d Cir.), cert. denied 331 U.S. 812, 67 S.Ct. 1205, 91 L.Ed. 1832 (1947), a panel including Judges Learned and Augustus Hand speculated that contingent fee contracts in F.L.S.A. litigation were improper: “We have considerable doubt as to the validity of the contingent fee agreement; f…
• WM. Schluderberg-T. J. Kurdle Co. v. Reconstr. Fin. Corp., 169 F.2d 419 (Emer. Ct. App. 1948)
  …ourt of Appeals under § 204(a). Illinois Packing Co. v. Bowles, Em.App.1945, 147 F. 2d 554; Illinois Packing Co. v. Snyder, Em.App.1945, 151 F. 2d 337; Greenhouse Bros. & Finkelstein, Inc., v. R.F.C., Em.App.1947, 159 F. 2d 712, cert. denied 1947, 331 U.S. 812, 67 S. Ct. 1200, 91 L.Ed. 1832; Armour & Co. v. R.F.C., Em.App.1947, 162 F. 2d 918, 923. Though the Price Control Act terminated on June 30, 1947, 60 Stat. 664, the jurisdiction of this court in the case at bar is preserved by § 1(b) of the Act, sin…