In re A. B. Baxter & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Petition to Review Order of, and Appeal from, the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Per curiam
The appeal in this case presents the question whether the firm of Houser & Co. was the agent of the alleged bankrupt at Atlanta in soliciting orders to be executed by Baxter & Co. at New York for the purchase and sale of stocks and products. Upon a state of facts similar in all essential particulars, it was decided in Municipal Telegraph & Stock Co. v. Ward, 138 Fed. 1006, 70 C. C. A. 284, that the relation of principal and agent did not exist. That decision is controlling in this court as an authority, and an independent examination of the question is unnecessary. It is proper to say,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Willard v. WhiteNew York Supreme Court · 1890
- Municipal Telegraph & Stock Co. v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
- Holman v. GoslinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905