Sayre v. Nichols
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District. Sayre, the holder of the following draft, after protest for nonpayment, sued the defendant, C. P. Nichols, thereon: $3000. No. 2123. Adams & Co.'s Express and Banking House, ) Mormon Island, Feb. 21,1855. j Pay to A. G. Sayre, or order, three thousand dollars, value received, and charge same to account of this office. C. P. Nichols, . . Per G. W. Corey, AgtSl To Messrs. Adams & Co., Sacramento.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District. Sayre, the holder of the following draft, after protest for nonpayment, sued the defendant, C. P. Nichols, thereon: $3000. No. 2123. Adams & Co.'s Express and Banking House, ) Mormon Island, Feb. 21,1855. j Pay to A. G. Sayre, or order, three thousand dollars, value received, and charge same to account of this office. C. P. Nichols, . . Per G. W. Corey, AgtSl To Messrs. Adams & Co., Sacramento. Endorsed, “A. G. Sayre, G. W. C.'' The testimony introduced, under the exception of plaintiff, showed the defendant was the agent of Adams…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
This case was before this Court at the October Term, 1855, 5 Cal. Rep., 487, when the judgment of the District Court was reversed and the cause remanded. Another trial was had, and a verdict apd judgment given for defendant, from which the plaintiff again appeals to this Court. A copy of the bill is given in the report of the ease, which is correct except in one particular. Instead of the word “ agent,” at the end of Michols' name, it *538should have been thus: “ C. P. Nichols, per George W. Corey, agents.”
It was decided by this Court, when the case was up before, that the word “ agent,” appended…
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