Goodwin v. Sommer
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the City Court of the city of ¡New York, rendered in favor of the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
It appears that plaintiff is a manufacturer of worsteds at Watertown, Mass., and that one Lynch had been authorized by plaintiff to solicit orders for sales of these goods, subject to plaintiff’s approval, and with the understanding that plaintiff would fill the orders in his own name, ship the goods from the mill and collect the bills.
On February 23, 1900, the plaintiff shipped a lot of goods to this city to one Goldstein, who declined to take them. The truckman who had been entrusted with the delivery of the goods, thereupon, without any apparent authority, left them at the office of Lynch…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The People v. . Bank of North AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Edwards v. . DooleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- M. Jacoby & Co. v. PaysonNew York Supreme Court · 1895