Lyon v. Greorge
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. This case was tried before the Court, without the intervention of a jury. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas. This case was tried before the Court, without the intervention of a jury. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — The plaintiffs offered the following prayer, which the Court, (Carey, J.,) refused: If the Court shall believe that the agency between the parties existed from 1859 to 1814, and that monthly statements were made between them, that the defendant was not usually allowed, and never demanded commissions on any sales made by the plaintiffs, other than those made directly through his agency, and further believe…
1Opinion of the CourtBrent, J.
The appellants are manufacturers of glassware, in the town of Pittsburg, and in the year 1859 employed the appellee as an agent, to sell their glassware in Baltimore City and the District of Columbia. He continued in their employment until the year 1874. The present suit was brought to recover from him the amount of certain bills of exchange, drawn upon him by the firm and accepted, but which he now offsets by an account in bar for commissions. The only question in the case arises upon the account in bar, and that is, what are the terms of the contract under which the appellee acted as agent?
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