Sheehan v. Elliott Manufacturing Co.

No question is raised as to procedure. It appears to be conceded that the record is designed (Gerry v. Neugebauer, ante, 23, 25) to present the questions (1) of the validity of the court’s ruling of the general want of implied authority in a superintendent to bind his principal in contracts of the nature here involved, and (2) of the sufficiency of the facts reported to support the court’s verdict.

1. There was no error in the court’s ruling. The superintendent or foreman of a business firm or corporation ordinarily has no implied authority to employ a surgeon or physician at the expense of…