Springsteen v. Lewis

(after stating the facts as above).

The defendants contend that the power of attorney was not sufficiently broad in its scope to authorize their agent to employ the plaintiff, and they cite authorities to the doctrine that a broker with special authority to sell real estate has no implied power to delegate his authority to another or to employ a subagent. Here there was no delegation of authority other than the employment of a sub-agent to do a certain designated act, and under a general power of attorney such as that here involved, which was a power to conduct and prosecute all of the…