Farnsworth v. Hazelett

Thespecific problem in this case, reduced to its simplest terms, is to determine whether the plaintiff is bound by the knowledge which came to her attorney under the circumstances disclosed by the record. In general terms the question is, When and under what circumstances is a principal obligated by the knowledge which is acquired by such agent?

The trial court sustained plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, on the ground that there was error in admitting certain testimony regarding the knowledge acquired and possessed by plaintiff’s attorney, Jesse Fishburn, and in instructing the jury that…