Onorato v. Sanchez

ON THE MERITS.

Defendant urges that the writ of provisional seizure herein sued out should be dissolved because the agent by whom these proceedings were brought was not authorized to take such proceedings, and because at any rate the affidavit made by him at the time the writ issued does not show that the principal was then absent.

As a matter of fact, it is shown by the evidence that the agent was authorized both orally and in writing to bring this suit, and take all necessary steps to that end; and moreover his actions in the premises have been fully ratified by his principal, who testified…