Dumesnil v. Steinberg

L. Lewis, claiming to represent H. Stein & Company of Baton Rouge, bought from plaintiff, a butcher of Lafayette, 89 hides, weighing 3,224 pounds,- at 11% cents a pound, making $370.76, for which he drew a check on Stein & Co. of Baton Rouge, which that company turned down and refused to pay. This refusal-.was based on the fact, as was testified to by Mr. Stein, and uncontradicted, that, three or four days before the' hides were purchased, Lewis had been discharged from service by his company, and therefore had no authority whatsoever to draw for the purchase of these hides.

These hides were…