The principal and his clerk or agent are both liable for any unlawful sale made by the clerk or agent;74 and the principal is liable although the sales were made by his clerk without his knowledge and in violation of his instructions.75 There are some cases, however, holding the contrary.76

And a clerk is liable for any unlawful sales made by himself whether he knew or did not know that his employer had no license.77 A superintendent or general manager of the place where liquors are sold is liable as well as the principal.78 So on the same principle the unlawful sales made by one partner of a firm will make the other liable though absent at the time the sales were made and had no knowledge of the sales.79