Hard v. Foster
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. Thayer, Judge. (1) Ward & Poster saw fit to make Ralph R. Poster their sole agent to protect their interests. They conld have selected some one else, but having selected him they are bound by his acts and by his knowledge and by his intent. The employment of Mr. Ryan does not help the matter as he was the attorney of Ralph R. Poster.
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Appeal from, St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. Thayer, Judge. (1) Ward & Poster saw fit to make Ralph R. Poster their sole agent to protect their interests. They conld have selected some one else, but having selected him they are bound by his acts and by his knowledge and by his intent. The employment of Mr. Ryan does not help the matter as he was the attorney of Ralph R. Poster. Buggies v. Co. of Washington, 3 Mo. 496 Carson v. Cummings, 69 Mo. 331; Veazie v. Williams, 8 How. (U. S.) 134; Davis v. Krum, 12 Mo. App. 287. (2) The delay in proceeding with the sale under the levy is…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.
— These three cases are submitted on one record.
At the April term, 1885, of the circuit court of St. Louis, and on the morning of the twentieth of said month, defendants, Ralph R. Foster and James R. Ryan, partners doing business under the firm name of R. R. Foster & Company, at St. Louis, confessed judgment in favor of their co-defendants, Henry C. Ward and Charles G. Foster, partners doing business under the firm name of Ward & Foster in New York, for the sum of $15,440.92 and in favor of the Bank of Commerce for the sum of five thousand dollars, and the said defendant, Ralph R. Foster,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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