Dothan Grocery Co. v. Pilcher
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Houston County; H. A. Pearce, Judge. Action by the Dothan Grocery Company against Louie Pilcher and. others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Transferred from Court of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 450, § 6.
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
[1-3] Appellant, plaintiff in the court below, complains that appellees were allowed the benefit of a set-off which had no support in the evidence. The issue was whether one McKinney had authority to buy a carload of cotton seed from appellees for the account of appellant; appellees insisting that he had such authority, appellant insisting- that he had not. McKinney was a traveling salesman for appellant, and his ordinary business and authority was to sell groceries and collect the price of the same in money or checks. AVhatever authority he had in the matter of buying cotton seed for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wheeler v. McGuire, Scoggins & Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1888
- Gibson v. Snow Hardware Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Dadeville Union Warehouse & Wholesale Grocery Co. v. Jefferson Fertilizer Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1915
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- Standard Motorcar Co. v. McMahonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
- Wilson & Co. v. ClarkSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- Georgia Cotton Oil Co. v. Carlisle Seed Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Howison v. NicholsonAlabama Court of Appeals · 1922