Holden v. Rutland Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case; sor nEGMGEnce in the sale of a mileage book.' Plea, not guilty.- Trial by jury, Caledonia County, June Term, 1900, Taft, C. J., presiding. A verdict for the defendant was directed and judgment on the verdict was rendered. The plaintiff excepted. For the nature of the declaration, which was held sufficient on demurrer, see this case, 72 Vt. 156.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The mileage-book in question was purchased of the defendant’s ticket agent at Burlington by the plaintiff as the agent of Dana O. Coles, but the plaintiff did not make known his agency nor disclose his principal. In selling such tickets, the purchaser’s name is required to be signed to the contract printed in the back part of the book. The plaintiff, being requested by the ticket agent thus to sign the book in question, signed his own name thereto instead of that of his principal. By force of the contract it is the duty of the ■selling agent to enter the purchaser’s name in the front part of…
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- Derby v. ThrallSupreme Court of Vermont · 1872
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