Thurber & Co. v. Anderson

The controversy in this case is, whether appellee is liable for a bill of cigars and imported ale shipped by appellants to his address, on an order drawn in his name by his son, on them, to that effect. The son received the goods, and made use of them himself, without the knowledge of appellee.

Appellee denies that his son had any authority to purchase goods for him, and also denies that he ever had any knowledge of his having ordered or received these goods; but it does not appear that appellants had any reason to suspect that the goods were not ordered by him.

The goods were ordered December…