Richards v. Lowrie & Webb Lumber Co.

Plaintiffs seek specific performance of an agreement for the sale of lands, signed in behalf of defendant corporation, as vendor, by its credit manager, Walter J. Whitman. The corporation defends on the ground that Whitman acted without authority. Prom a decree denying specific performance and awarding plaintiffs a judgment for $447.81 for repairs made by them on the premises, plaintiffs appeal.

Since 1936 plaintiffs occupied the premises as defendant’s tenants. Plaintiffs’ arrangements for the lease and subsequent dealings thereunder, such as securing authorizations for repairs and making…