Craver v. House
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. Henry L. McCune, Judge. The court should have sustained the demurrer to the plaintiff’s evidence, because in it there was not a word tending to show that F. E. House had any authority to employ O. 0. Craver for E. L. House, or that E. L. House in any way ratified any such employment after it was made. The principle is correctly declared in 23 Am. and Eng.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. Henry L. McCune, Judge. The court should have sustained the demurrer to the plaintiff’s evidence, because in it there was not a word tending to show that F. E. House had any authority to employ O. 0. Craver for E. L. House, or that E. L. House in any way ratified any such employment after it was made. The principle is correctly declared in 23 Am. and Eng. Ency. of Law, p. 911. The case of Holmes v. Board of Trade, 81 Mo. 137, was one very similar in the essential points to the case at bar. Smith v. Bank, 120 Mo. App. 549; Winsor v. Lafayette County…
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