Merritt v. Bissell
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Edwin Albert Merritt and another against Herbert P. Bissell, to recover a balance alleged to be due on a contract. There was a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, P. J.
This action was brought by the plaintiffs to recover a to due them on a contract alleged to have been made by the plaintiffs with defendant, by his agent, under which the plaintiffs claim to have delivered a quantity of red sandstone for the construction of the defendant’s house, in Buffalo, and for which the defendant refused to pay. The answer of the defendant denied the making of the contract by him, and denied that the defendant’s alleged agent had any authority to make the same, or that he ever ratified any contract made by such alleged agent. The case discloses that, in the winter of…
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- Hoyt v. . Thompson'sNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
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