James Bradford Co. v. Edward Hill's Son & Co.

Pennewill, C. J.,

after making the above statement of the case, delivering the opinion of the Court:

The important question in the case is this:

Was the plaintiff, at the time the sales were made on which he is seeking to recover commissions, a subagent of the defendant? It is not claimed that there was any express agreement between the plaintiff and defendant that the former should at any time act as agent for the latter, but it is claimed that the relations between the plaintiff and defendant’s agents, Jackson & Co., the course and *551nature of the business in which they were engaged, and the…