Collins v. Ames

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Black, J.

The only controverted point on this appeal is whether the agency involved is a question of law for the court to decide or one of fact to be determined by a .jury. The trial judge decided that Joseph Kaiglm was the agent and attorney for the defendant, Frank C. Ames, Jr., in the transaction. He directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $4,600.36. This is the error complained of as the ground of appeal. The controversy grew out of the following undisputed facts: Collins, the plaintiff, bought from the defendant, ikmes, a farm…