Adams v. Herald Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for breach of contract, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Coats, facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The defendant is a corporation engaged in the publication of a newspaper and doing printing. One of its three directors having died, the business and affairs of the corporation were being managed by the two survivors.
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Action for breach of contract, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Coats, facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The defendant is a corporation engaged in the publication of a newspaper and doing printing. One of its three directors having died, the business and affairs of the corporation were being managed by the two survivors. One, the president, devoted his attention particularly to the work of publication. The other was secretary and treasurer, and she was actively engaged in the conduct of the finances of the…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The plaintiff seeks to enforce against the defendant the terms of a written contract which was not otherwise executed on the latter’s behalf than by one who at the time of its execution was known to the plaintiff to be an agent. In thus dealing with this agent the plaintiff was put upon inquiry as to the scope of his authority; and the defendant will not be obligated as principal unless the agent in the execution of the contract was acting within the scope of the authority expressly or impliedly conferred upon him by the defendant, or unless the latter is estopped from denying that the agent…
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