Goss v. Helbing
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Court.
The plaintiffs brought their action for the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien, for the price of a certain pump alleged to have been sold and delivered to the defendants, to be used in the Starlight Water-works, and the court gave judgment accordingly.
It appears from the evidence that the defendant Louis Helbing was in charge of the water-works, and had the management thereof. And we think that, under the circumstances, he must be held to have had authority to make the purchase in question. The pump was sold and delivered to him for use at the works, without anything being said as to…
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