Bryan v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of book debt; tried at New-Haven, August term, 1821, before Chapman, J. The plaintiff’s account consisted of articles delivered to, and work done for, Oliver P. Jackson, a minor son of the defendant, and a student in Yale College; which account accrued between the 22nd of June, and the 11th of September, 1818; and the question was, whether the defendant was liable for it.
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This was an action of book debt; tried at New-Haven, August term, 1821, before Chapman, J. The plaintiff’s account consisted of articles delivered to, and work done for, Oliver P. Jackson, a minor son of the defendant, and a student in Yale College; which account accrued between the 22nd of June, and the 11th of September, 1818; and the question was, whether the defendant was liable for it. The plaintiff did not claim, that the defendant’s son was in need of the articles charged, so that they were necessaries for him; or that the defendant had given any express authority to his son to…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
I am of opinion from the facts apparent on the motion, that O. P. Jackson had an implied general authority from the defendant, to contract on his credit with the plaintiff; and that the testimony of the plaintiff, in this case, was correctly admitted.
Without any express authority having been conferred on him, by the defendant, O. P. Jackson had procured of the plaintiff articles, similar to those which constitute the present book debt. Of the debt thus contracted, the defendant made payment, "without objecting to the same, or giving any notice to the plaintiff, not to trust his…
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