Bagley & Co. v. Union-Buffalo Mills Co.

This action was brought by the Mill Company to recover damages for the breach of a contract entered into by the defendant Bagle3r & Company through its agent on September 6, 1923 for the sale of 100 bales of cotton which the defendant refused to deliver as contracted.

The defendant pleaded the general issue and insisted that its agent had no authority to sell or to close the deal without its approval and express confirmation.

The case was tried by the court, without a jury, on depositions and oral testimony, and the court was of the opinion that the contract of sale ivas valid and had been…