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Kanigher v. Schwerin Air Conditioning Corporation

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 16, 1939
280 N.Y. 751 (N.Y. 1939)

Summary

In Kanigher v. Schwerin Air Conditioning Corporation, 1939, 280 N.Y. 751, 21 N.E.2d 520 the employee was using his privately owned car in selling products of his employer, receiving no reimbursement for its use, and the court held that the trier of the facts could still properly find that the employee was acting in the scope of his employment.

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Opinion

Argued April 12, 1939

Decided May 16, 1939

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.

Benjamin H. Siff and Arthur H. Rose for appellant.

Robert H. Charlton for respondent.


Judgment of the Appellate Division and that of the Trial Term reversed and new trial granted, with costs to abide the event. ( Lessig v. New York Central R.R. Co., 271 N.Y. 250.) There was a question of fact as to employment. No opinion. (See 280 N.Y. 837.)

Concur: CRANE, Ch. J., LEHMAN, O'BRIEN, HUBBS, LOUGHRAN, FINCH and RIPPEY, JJ.


Summaries of

Kanigher v. Schwerin Air Conditioning Corporation

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 16, 1939
280 N.Y. 751 (N.Y. 1939)

In Kanigher v. Schwerin Air Conditioning Corporation, 1939, 280 N.Y. 751, 21 N.E.2d 520 the employee was using his privately owned car in selling products of his employer, receiving no reimbursement for its use, and the court held that the trier of the facts could still properly find that the employee was acting in the scope of his employment.

Summary of this case from Cooner v. United States

In Kanigher v. Schwerin Air Conditioning Corporation, 280 N.Y. 751, 21 N.E.2d 520, a reporter's summary discloses the fact that the employee was a commission salesman who used his own automobile in calling on prospects, but reveals none of the detail of his duties or of his use of the automobile.

Summary of this case from Cooner v. United States
Case details for

Kanigher v. Schwerin Air Conditioning Corporation

Case Details

Full title:MARY KANIGHER, as Administratrix of the Estate of GERALD KANIGHER…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 16, 1939

Citations

280 N.Y. 751 (N.Y. 1939)
21 N.E.2d 520

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