Bannon v. Levy

The plaintiff sued to recover for the price, of goods sold by his assignor to the defendants. The- assignor testified that the goods were ordered by Simon Levy as. agent of the defendants, and called Levy, who was a hostile witness, to prove his own agency. After Levy had given testimony tending to show that he had general authority to- order goods for defendants, he was cross-examined by defendants as to whether he had received authority to order these goods, and whether he had ordered them, and he answered in the negative on both points. Thereupon defendants moved for a dismissal of the…