Spalding v. Heideman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill to Foreclose a Mortgage.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Iroquois County; the Hon. John Small, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
It is a.fundamental duty of an agent to obey all reasonable and lawful instructions given to him by his principal; and this although the agent may think he knows of a very much better way. If the agent disobeys instructions' given to him, and because of such disobedience, loss or injury come to the principal, the latter may recover from the agent such substantial damages as he has sustained by reason of such disobedience. Mechem on Agency, Sec. 473-4.
Father Heideman having exceeded the authority given to him by Bishop Spalding, and thereby charged the bishop's property with liens amounting to…
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