Is a public officer liable for injuries caused by acts done outside his authority?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Allen v. Superior Court In and For San Diego County, 171 Cal.App.2d 444, 340 P.2d 1030 (Cal. App. 1959):
In White v. Towers, 37 Cal.2d 727, 733, 235 P.2d 209, 28 A.L.R.2d 636, it was held that a public officer is liable for injuries caused by acts done outside the scope of his authority and that the duties of public office include those lying squarely within its scope, those essential to accomplishment of the main purposes for which the office was created, and those which, although only incidental and collateral, serve to promote the accomplishment of the principal purposes.
In Hancock v. Burns, 158 Cal.App.2d 785, 323 P.2d 456, it is stated as follows (syllabus 1a, 1b):
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