Lytle & Co. v. Bank of Dothan
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dale. Tried before the Hon. J. W. Foster. This was an action by the Bank of Dotban against R. A. Lytle & Co. on promissory notes. Lytle & Co. was a firm doing business in the State of Georgia. They employed one Newman as their general manager of a mercantile business at Dothan, in this State.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dale. Tried before the Hon. J. W. Foster. This was an action by the Bank of Dotban against R. A. Lytle & Co. on promissory notes. Lytle & Co. was a firm doing business in the State of Georgia. They employed one Newman as their general manager of a mercantile business at Dothan, in this State. There ivas evidence tending to show that 11. A. Lytle took Newman to the bank and told the cashier to let him have money when he needed it in’ carrying on tlie business. Newman borrowed money of the bank and executed notes therefor in the name of Lytle & Co. Newman…
1Opinion of the CourtSi-Iarpe, J.
— The doctrine is of general application that an agent can bind his principal only to the extent of the authority with which he has been expressly or impliedly clothed. The implied powers of a special agent are limited to acts necessary or proper to the accomplishment of the particular matter intrusted to him, while those of a general agent ordinarily extend to the conduct of the business in his charge in the usual and customary manner.—Ala. Gt. So. R. R. Co. v. Hill, 76 Ala. 303; Wheeler & McGuire v. Scoggins & Co., 86 Ala. 402; Louisville Coffin Co. v. Stokes, 78 Ala. 372; Gaines v.…
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