Watts v. Devor

The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the court by

Black, J.

— The defendants were the owners of a forge and furnace, which they employed an agent to carry on. Their order, at first, was to do a cash business ; but this was rendered impossible by their own failure to furnish the funds, and the agent began to buy goods and borrow money, where he could get it on the credit of the owners. This is a suit on one of the debts thus created. The jury found that the defendants knew of their agent borrowing money, but there was no evidence that either of them knew what the plaintiff’s…