Spooner v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit for money loaned. Trial by jury, April Term, 1875, Royce, J., presiding. Plaintiff sought to recover $300, claimed to have been loaned by plaintiff to defendant Lois Thompson, in November, 1867, at which time said Lois, then Lois Post, was sole and unmarried, and owner of a store in- Richford, called “The Farmers’ Exchange, J. P. Cutting, Agent.”
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Assumpsit for money loaned. Trial by jury, April Term, 1875, Royce, J., presiding. Plaintiff sought to recover $300, claimed to have been loaned by plaintiff to defendant Lois Thompson, in November, 1867, at which time said Lois, then Lois Post, was sole and unmarried, and owner of a store in- Richford, called “The Farmers’ Exchange, J. P. Cutting, Agent.” Plaintiff claimed, and his evidence tended to show, that said loan was negotiated by said Cutting, the authorized agent of said Lois, and that said Cutting borrowed the money for, and on the credit of, said Lois, and that the same was used…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Rbdpikld, J.
The plaintiff claims to recover for money loaned to the defendant Lois Thompson, while sole and unmarried.
It is not denied that J. P. Cutting was the agent of said Lois, in buying and selling goods at her store in Richford, and that said Cutting, acting as such agent, borrowed money of the plaintiff. The plaintiff claims in argument, that the written articles of agreement authorizes Cutting to borrow on the credit of said Lois. The written stipulations provide that “she will furnish capital, or authorize him [Cutting] to employ or obtain…
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