Jarvis v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit against the defendant as acceptor of an order drawn on him in favor of the plaintiff; brought to the Court of Common Picas of Hartford County, and tried to the court on the general issue before McManus, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff. Motion in error by the defendant. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
On the 8th of July, 1874, one William Murphy owed the plaintiff $189.20, and drew his order on the defendant in favor of the plaintiff in writing as follows:—
“Mr. A. M. Wilson. Please pay Joseph Jarvis one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty cents, and charge the same to me. William Murphy.”
Murphy, who was then and had been for some time in the employ of the defendant, had been authorized by the latter to draw orders in favor of his workmen, of whom the defendant knew the plaintiff to be one.
The above order was duly presented for acceptance to the defendant on the same day that it was…
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