Union Hosiery Co. v. Hodgson
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, to recover the value of steam furnished the defendant for mechanical and heating purposes, from December 1, 1899, to January 6, 1900. Trial by jury and verdict for the defendant.
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Assumpsit, to recover the value of steam furnished the defendant for mechanical and heating purposes, from December 1, 1899, to January 6, 1900. Trial by jury and verdict for the defendant. Transferred from the November term, 1902, of the superior court by Stone, J. The plaintiffs are Franklin P. Stewart, doing business as the Union Hosiery Company, J. P. and Georgia A. Morin, copartners under the name of J. P. Morin & Company, and the Belknap Mills, a corporation, of which William C. Marshall is the treasurer and general manager. The defendant during the period aforesaid was operating a…
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
This action is brought to recover the value of certain steam used by the defendant, in which the plaintiffs claim to be joint owners or tenants in common. Two grounds of defence were relied upon at the trial: (1) That the Belknap Mills was the sole owner of the steam, and that Marshall was its general manager, and agreed to an exchange of the steam for services to be rendered by the defendant in tending the boiler; and (2) that if Stewart and Morin owned the steam in common with the Belknap Mills, Marshall was their agent and made the agreement in their- behalf. A general verdict was rendered…
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