Lininger & Metcalf Co. v. Wheat

Ryan, C.

This action was brought in the county court of Adams county by the plaintiff in error April 20, 1893. From a judgment for the sum of |391.70 the defendant appealed to the district court, wherein judgment was rendered on the verdict of a jury in his favor.

On the 12th day of February, 1892, plaintiff, Lininger & Metcalf Company, entered into a written agreement with W. H. Shellhammer whereby Mr. Shellhammer was appointed its agent for the sale of certain of its goods at Holstein and Norman. Among other undertakings of this agent under his agreement he was to be liable to the company for…