Neff Trailer Sales, Inc. v. Dellinger

From 1967 until July, 1977, Carroll W. Dellinger (Dellinger) was an employee of Neff Trailer Sales, Inc. (Neff Trailer). On August 31, 1973, a document was executed between Dellinger and Donald Strickler (Strickler), who purported to act on behalf of Neff Trailer. 1 In July, 1977, Dellinger was discharged by Neff Trailer and thereafter brought this suit for the breach of the alleged contract. In this appeal the principal assignment of error we must decide is whether the trial court erred in holding as a matter of law that Strickler was the agent of Neff Trailer authorized to execute the…