National Bank of Oshkosh v. Hunger
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. • This suit is brought by Harriet E. Hunger, the defendant in error, to recover of the National Bank of Oshkosh, the plaintiff in error, a claimed balance of $14,4.35.00 of moneys deposited to her account in that bank.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. • This suit is brought by Harriet E. Hunger, the defendant in error, to recover of the National Bank of Oshkosh, the plaintiff in error, a claimed balance of $14,4.35.00 of moneys deposited to her account in that bank. Prior to the 1st day of Hard*, 1891, she had a deposit account with the hank, and on that day had a balance to her credit of $822.35. She is the daughter and sole heir at law of Jefferson Bray, deceased, and on April 8, 3891, his executors deposited in the bank to her credit the sum of…
1Opinion of the CourtJekecens, Circuit Judge
It is elementary that a principál is bound by the wrongful act of his agent within the scope of the agency. It is also correct to say that a principal is bound by those acts of the agent in pursuance of powers directly conferred, or which were incidental to those powers and not prohibited, “because they are the direct result of his voluntary and .intentional act.” Mechem, Ag. § 282. This author, in the same section, also asserts (he rule to be that the principal “is likewise responsible, and for the same reasons, for those acts which he has intentionally led third persons to believe that he…
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