Anderson v. Alton National Bank
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit.—Breach of an undertaking to collect checks. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison County; the Hon. Benjamin R. Bub-roughs, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
Appellant contends: Under the facts as disclosed in this record, appellee had no authority to appoint a sub-agent to transmit and collect the checks in question and if it did so it assumed the risk and consequences of such sub-agent’s negligence and must respond in damages to plaintiffs for any loss thereby occasioned. If a principal constitutes anvagent to do a business which obviously and from its very nature can not be done by the agent otherwise than through a substitute, or if there exists in relation to that business a known and established usage of substitution, in either case, the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Foster v. City of KenoshaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
- Contractors v. HemingwaySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1837
- Waterloo Milling Co. v. H. Kuenster & Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1895
- Lansing v. HunterIllinois Supreme Court · 1861
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