George De Witt Shoe Co. v. Adkins
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Assumpsit by tbe George De Witt Shoe Company against E. E. Adkins and others. Judgment for defendants and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POFFENDARGER, JUDGE:
The important inquiries arising upon this writ of error to a judgment for the defendant, in an action of assumpsit for the price of merchandise sold and delivered, are, (1), whether power to make a conditional sale of merchandise is within the apparent authority of a traveling salesman; (2), if so, whether such authority is unlimited; and, (3), whether the evidence sustains the verdict.
*268Under an order taken Sept. 9, 1910, by J. W. Koontz, its traveling salesman, the plaintiff made five shipments of shoes to the defendant, between that date and Dec. 10, 1910, of the…
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