LONG v. VLASIC FOOD PRODUCTS COMPANY

No. 14627.

439 F.2d 229 (1971)

Ralph E. LONG t/a Ralph E. Long & Son, Appellee, v. VLASIC FOOD PRODUCTS COMPANY, a Michigan corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Hollis, Norfolk, Va. (Allan G. Donn, and Willcox, Savage, Lawrence, Dickson & Spindle, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Baxley T. Tankard, Eastville, Va. (William B. Eley and Rixey & Rixey, Norfolk, Va., and W. A. Dickinson, Roanoke, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

In a suit by an agent to obtain indemnity from his principal for amounts expended by him in settlement of a claim arising out of the performance of his duties as an agent, the district judge ruled that the agent was not required to prove his liability to the claimant as a condition precedent to recovery from his principal. The district judge impliedly ruled also that, on the facts of the case, the agent had made a sufficient tender to his principal...

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