Lilley v. Uvalde Asphalt Paving Co.

Woodward, J.:

There is no dispute in this action that the plaintiff performed the services or as to the amount, remaining unpaid ; the only practical' issue in the case being whether the defendant was- liable, the work having been ordered by one Paul C. Grening, as president of the National Trading Company. It was the theory of the plaintiff that the National Trading Company was the agent of the defendant, and that while the negotiations for the work, the bills rendered and the payments made, were all with the National .Trading Company, the defendant was in fact the principal. The defendant’s…