First National Bank v. Lovell H. Turnbull Co.

Defendant, a corporation dealing in produce at Detroit,, dip. considerable busines^’in buying produce in.California in 1926. The recordestab lishes, as found by the trial judge in a trial without a jury, that its purchasing agent in California was one G. E. Mathews. On December 13,1926, Mathews bought for defendant of Esposito and Durnil, dealers at Los Angeles, two cars of lettuce at $595 each. On that day, at Los Angeles, Esposito and Durnil drew two sight drafts for $595 each upon defendant at Detroit, payable to plaintiff, the First National Bank of Los Angeles. Across the face of each…