DeLong v. Muskegon Booming Co.

Plaintiffs sued for professional services in the Muskegon circuit court, and recovered judgment.

The chief controversy upon the trial was the authority of one William Foster, at that time book-keeper of the defendant corporation, to employ the plaintiffs. The defendant requested the circuit judge to direct a verdict *283in its favor, on the ground that there was no competent proof tending to show plaintiffs’ employment; that Foster had no power to hire them; and that none of the officers of the defendant having such authority consented to or had knowledge of plaintiffs’ employment or services in…