Burba v. Baltic-American Line, Inc.

By this appeal defendant seeks to reverse a judgment against it for money paid to one of its ticket agents for steamship tickets which were never delivered.

Defendant operates a line of steamships between Baltic ports and New York, carrying both freight and passengers. It has a general agency in Chicago and sells its tickets through local agents on a commission basis. In April, 1921, one Shakalski was one of its local agents in Chicago. He had an office in the central part of the city for the sale of steamship tickets. On the doors and windows of his office were the signs of' the…