Louisville Asphalt Varnish Co. v. Lorick

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justice McIver.

This was an action to recover the sum of eightv-three dollars and five cents, the price of certain varnish and paint alleged to have been sold by plaintiff to defendants. The defence ivas a general denial. At the trial the plaintiff offered testimony tending to show that on the 16th October, 1885, one of its travelling salesmen, Hutchinson by name, took from Moore, a clerk of defendants, who, it was admitted, had authority to give the order, a verbal order for the articles specified in the account sued on, which Hutchinson…