Hitchcock v. Griffin & Skelley Co.

Kean & Co., the assignors of the plaintiff, being wholesale dealers in fruit, ordered, through one Blodgett, a car-load of oranges from the defendant, which was a similar dealer in California. The oranges arrived at Toledo, and Kean & Co. were required to accept a draft for the price before receiving or being allowed 'to inspect them, this acceptance being subsequently paid. The fruit proving unsatisfactory, this action was brought upon the contract for damages, and plaintiff recovered.,

Two questions arise in the case:

1. The authority of Blodgett to bind defendant by his agreements, including…