Georgia Military Academy v. Estill
Supreme Court of Georgia
Principal and Agent. Corporations. Education. Contracts. . Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. July Term, 1886. John H. Estill brought suit against the Georgia Military Academy on an open account for printing amounting to $383. The defendant pleaded the generalissue.
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Principal and Agent. Corporations. Education. Contracts. . Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. July Term, 1886. John H. Estill brought suit against the Georgia Military Academy on an open account for printing amounting to $383. The defendant pleaded the generalissue. The case was submitted to the presiding judge without a jury, the evidence showing, in brief, the following facts : B. J. Burgess had been conducting a military school in Savannah under the name of the Georgia Military Academy. On June 6, 1883, a corporation was formed under that name. In the petition for incorporation,…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
J. H. Estill sued the Georgia Military Academy, a corporation located in Savannah, on an account for printing done for the academy in advertising it in the Savannah Morning News, and in printing circulars for the academy touching the school, its officers, studies, advantages, etc. The account was made by B. J. Burgess, as superintendent of the academy, and the judge of the city court held the academy responsible. The question made by the assignments of error is, when analyzed, was the superintendent authorized to make the account and have it charged to the corporation?
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