Lynch v. Helm Plumbing & Electrical Contractors, Inc.

PAUL M. SPINDEN, Judge.

This case concerns an agent’s authority to bind his principal. Kathleen Lynch appeals the circuit court’s judgment ordering her to pay $19,566 in damages to Helm Plumbing and Electrical Contractors, Inc. The damages were to compensate Helm for the loss caused by Lynch’s demand that it relocate a water pipe. Helm originally placed the pipeline outside the city’s easement and across Lynch’s property, in a location authorized by Lynch’s agent. Because Lynch’s agent possessed authority sufficient to bind Lynch, we affirm the circuit court’s judgment.

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