Schendel v. Stevenson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for goods sold and delivered. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Laihrop, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows. The plaintiff sought to recover against the defendant as an undisclosed principal. The defendant was the lessee of a hotel in Boston, of which from April to September, 1888, one Palfrey was the manager and apparent proprietor.
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Contract for goods sold and delivered. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Laihrop, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows. The plaintiff sought to recover against the defendant as an undisclosed principal. The defendant was the lessee of a hotel in Boston, of which from April to September, 1888, one Palfrey was the manager and apparent proprietor. The plaintiff, a dealer in cigars, sold a table and cigars to Palfrey, and charged them on his books to him, crediting him with various amounts paid on account. The goods were resold by Palfrey in the…
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The plaintiff seeks to hold the defendant, as an undisclosed principal, for certain goods sold and delivered to his agent. The case was tried in the court below by a single judge, without a jury, and the finding was in favor of the plain*354tiff. The case comes here on exceptions to the ruling of the judge, that the plaintiff was entitled to recover for goods sold prior to August 28,1888, and to his refusal to adopt certain rulings which the defendant requested. The evidence introduced at the trial, as well as the findings of fact made by the presiding judge, appear in the bill of exceptions. It…
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