Jewell v. Martin

The question is: was Gazaway an agent of Jewell at the time he was alleged to have bought the chickens from Martin? It will be observed from the testimony that Gazaway denied agency, and Martin said: “I had a contract with Mr. Gazaway to buy them. He is the man I sold them to. I didn’t sell them to Mr. Jewell. . . As to whether or not I knew what Mr. Gazaway was going to do with them—well, he didn’t say. He just said he would give me 16% cents a pound for them.”

“The relation of principal and agent arises wherever one person, expressly or by implication, authorizes another to act for him, or…