Salley v. Terrill
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Assumpsit on an order drawn by Charles E. Hurd upon tbe defendant, payable to tbe order of Harry Carter, and by him indorsed to the plaintiff. In defense it was contended that tbe order was never delivered or intended to be delivered, but was stolen from the drawer by Carter.
1Opinion of the CourtStrout, J.
This is an action to recover the contents of .an order drawn by Charles E. Hurd upon defendant, payable to the order of Harry Carter and by him indorsed to plaintiff. Plaintiff presented it to defendant for acceptance, which was refused. Defendant was engaged in a lumbering operation and Hurd was in his employ. Among his duties was that of keeping the time of the men, and when one was discharged to draw an order on defendant for the amount due. Blank orders were furnished by defendant to Hurd for this purpose.
Plaintiff claims to hold defendant upon the ground that as Hurd was the agent of…
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