Mathias v. White Sulphur Springs Ass'n
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clarke County. LL. N. Blake, Judge. Action by T. F. Mathias against the White Sulphur Springs Association. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for new trial, defendant appeals. Statement of the case by the justice delivering the opinion.
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Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clarke County. LL. N. Blake, Judge. Action by T. F. Mathias against the White Sulphur Springs Association. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for new trial, defendant appeals. Statement of the case by the justice delivering the opinion. The plaintiff (respondent herein) brought this action against the defendant and appellant corporation for services alleged to have been performed by him, as an architect, in drawing plans for a building for the defendant. The defendant denied any indebtedness. The case was tried to a jury,…
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt,' J.
The principal error assigned, and the only one which we need consider, presents the question whether the evidence is sufficient to support the verdict. We will assume that the proof showed that plaintiff prepared the plans for the corporation, and that they were worth the sum charged; but the defense of the company was that there was no evidence that Aaron Hershfield, the president of the corporation, had any authority to contract for the making or furnishing of the plans or for the performance of the services specified in the complaint, or to incur any indebtedness against the…
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