Button v. Winslow
Supreme Court of Vermont
This case was heard on the report of referee, at the March Term, 1880, Barrett, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The referee reported as follows : That the citizens of Brandon celebrated the 4th of July, 1876 ; that various committees were chosen to make arrangements for such celebration ; among others, a “ powder committee,” an “ executive committee,” &c.
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This case was heard on the report of referee, at the March Term, 1880, Barrett, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The referee reported as follows : That the citizens of Brandon celebrated the 4th of July, 1876 ; that various committees were chosen to make arrangements for such celebration ; among others, a “ powder committee,” an “ executive committee,” &c. Defendant was a member of the executive committee, and as such member he bought of plaintiff, to be used in the celebration aforesaid, twenty-one kegs of powder at the. agreed price of four dollars per keg. Plaintiff purchased…
1Opinion of the Court
*432The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
The people of Brandon celebrated the Fourth of July. They appointed an “ executive committee ” to make the necessary preparations. The defendant as one of such committee purchased of the plaintiff twenty-one kegs of powder, at the agreed price of 14.00 per keg. At the time of the purchase, the plaintiff asked the defendant “ his authority,” and the defendant replied, “-Mr. Pitts, chairman of the executive committee, is my authority” ; and the referee reports that from this conversation, the “ plaintiff understood that the defendant himself…
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