Beachler v. Mellon-Stuart Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

John S. Beachler, plaintiff, brought this suit in assumpsit against Mellon-Stuart Company, defendant, to recover the sum of f3000, claimed to be due by reason of the breach of an alleged oral contract entered into between him and defendant’s agent, Richards, for reservation of sleeping quarters in plaintiff’s dormitory. Defendant, while admitting that Richards was its personnel manager, denied the making of the alleged contract with plaintiff, and further denied that Richards had any authority to make the contract plaintiff alleges. A jury found for plaintiff, the…