United States Wood Preserving Co. v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover a balance due for wooden paving blocks alleged to have been sold to the defendants as partners, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Burpee, Jfacts found and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant Gaynor, who alone appeared, from which the plaintiff appealed.
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Action to recover a balance due for wooden paving blocks alleged to have been sold to the defendants as partners, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Burpee, Jfacts found and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant Gaynor, who alone appeared, from which the plaintiff appealed. The finding shows the following facts: Early in the year 1913 the defendants, Lawrence and Gaynor, together with one Waldo, agreed with each other to form a corporation for the purpose of carrying on a general contracting business, to be known as “Lawrence and Gaynor, Incorporated,” to be…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The defendant Lawrence, having as agent and manager full authority to act for a corporation then existing in Bridgeport under the name “Lawrence & Gaynor, Incorporated,” on June 10th, 1913, ordered of the plaintiff by letter a quantity of wooden blocks, and signed the letter “Lawrence & Gaynor, John EL Lawrence.” The letter was written upon paper having the heading “Lawrence & Gaynor, Contracting Engineers.” He wrote with the purpose to bind the corporation only, and omitted the word “Incorporated” from the signature through ignorance of the law. The plaintiff accepted the order and delivered…
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