Hobby v. King Trailer Co.

In November, 1917, the appellants Edwin Hobby and T. L. Camp were doing business in Dallas, Tex., as a partnership, under the firm name of Denby Truck Company of Texas. They had the general agency for the sale of the Denby auto trucks in Texas, 'with the exception of a few counties. The affairs of the partnership were under the direction and control of C. N. Burg as general manager. On November 20, 1917, Burg ordered, from the King Trailer Company of Ann Arbor, Mich., eight auto trailers, in the name of the Denby Truck Company of Texas. He directed that the trailers be shipped to W. P. Bevans…