; Y.B. 7 Hen. IV. 14, pl. 18.
229/1 Paley, Agency, c. 4, Section 1, citing Godbolt, 360. See,
further, F. N. B. 120, G; Fitzh. Abr. Dette, pl. 3; Y.B. 8 Ed.
IV. 11, pl. 9. These rules seem to be somewhat modern even as to
servants. The liability of a master for debts contracted by his
servant is very narrowly limited in the earlier Year Books.
230/1 I am inclined to think that this extension has been largely
due to the influence of the Roman law. See Lecture I. p. 20, n.
1, and observe the part which the precedents as to fire (e. g.,
Y.B. 2 Hen. IV. 18, pl. 6) have played in shaping the modern
doctrine of master and servant. Tuberville v. Stampe, I Ld. Raym.
264 (where Lord Holt's examples are from the Roman law); Brucker
v. Fromont, 6 T. R. 659; M'Manus v. Crickett, 1 East, 106; Patten
v. Rea, 2 C.B. N.S. 606. In Southern v. How, Popham, 143, Doctor
and Student is referred to for the general principles of
liability. Doctor and Student states Roman law. See, further,
Boson v. Sandford, 1 Shower, 101, 102.
230/2 Bac. Ahr. Master and Servant, K; Smith, Master and Servant
(3d ed.), 260, n. (t).
230/3 Clapp v. Kemp, 122 Mass. 481; Murray v. Currie, L.R. 6 C.P.
24, 28; Hill v. Morey, 26 Vt. 178.
230/4 See, e.
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