Furnas, Irish & Co. v. Frankman
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Lancaster county. The cause was tried before a referee, whose report was confirmed and judgment rendered by Lake, Oh. J., at the April term of said court, A.D., 1875, in favor of Frankman for the sum or $237.50. The defendants there, Furnas, Irish & Co., brought the cause here by petition in error. Further facts, necessary to an understanding of the points decided, appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Lake, Ch. J.
The only question in this case is whether the facts found by the referee justified his conclusion that the plaintiffs in error were liable on the contract under which the defendant performed the service for which the action was brought. No question is raised as to the sufficiency of the evidence to establish all the facts found by the referee, which, so far as they concern the present issue, are substantially as follows:
In July, 1873, Frankman applied to Robert W. Furnas, one of the members of the firm of Furnas, Irish & Co., to be employed in canvassing for orders for nursery…
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