Lancaster v. Knickerbocker Ice Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 345, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1890, No. 639, on verdict for plaintiff, Stella L. Lancaster. Assumpsit for purchase money for goods sold and delivered. At the trial, before Allison, P. J., it appeared that plaintiff, the owner of a quantity of ice, employed her husband as ■her agent to sell it. The husband sold the ice, through T. B. Chase & Son, of Boston, to defendant.
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Appeal, No. 345, Jan. T., 1892, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Sept. T., 1890, No. 639, on verdict for plaintiff, Stella L. Lancaster. Assumpsit for purchase money for goods sold and delivered. At the trial, before Allison, P. J., it appeared that plaintiff, the owner of a quantity of ice, employed her husband as ■her agent to sell it. The husband sold the ice, through T. B. Chase & Son, of Boston, to defendant. The bill of sale was dated June 25, 1890, and was executed in duplicate by the •company defendant, and by them both copies were transmitted to T. B. Chase &…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
It is established by the verdict that the appellee was the-owner of the ice sold to the appellant company through the agency of her husband and T. B. Chase & Son on the 25th of June 1890, and that Chase & Son did not part with value for or on account of the order of July 2, 1890, on which the company rests its main defence. W e have therefore a sale by the appellee and a revocable authority to her agents to receive from the purchaser of the ice the unpaid portion of the price of it. It is admitted that this authority was revoked and notice of the revocation…
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