Gennett v. . Lyerly

The defendant was the president and treasurer of a corporation known as the Yeager Manufacturing Company. His brother, Walker Lyerly, was secretary and treasurer thereof. Walker Lyerly, as such general manager, purchased from plaintiffs for and in behalf of the 'Corporation three carloads of lumber. The correspondence between the parties relating to said lumber discloses that the corporation ordered the lumber, and that the plaintiffs shipped the same upon such corporate orders. In the letter of 29 September, 1932, written by the plaintiffs, was a memorandum, as follows: “Our terms on this…