Hall v. . Giessell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, tried before Bryson> Jand a jury, at March Term, 1920, of SwaiN. Tbe plaintiff Hall was a country merchant, and the defendants were operating a large sawmill near Ms store.
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Civil actioN, tried before Bryson> Jand a jury, at March Term, 1920, of SwaiN. Tbe plaintiff Hall was a country merchant, and the defendants were operating a large sawmill near Ms store. In September, 1917, plaintiff entered into an agreement with defendants, through their agent or general superintendent, W. A. McGee, to furnish merchandise to certain employees of the defendants, it being a part of the agreement that only such employees should be furnished as received orders from the company or its representative^ and that the plaintiff should present statements on the first of each month,…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the facts as above: There are many exceptions in the record, but a careful analysis of them will show that there are really a very , few which need to be considered, because they substantially present all the essential objections taken during the trial, and cover all the matters appearing in the assignments of error. The 'main question was whether the superintendent, W. A. McGee, had the authority to mate the contract with the plaintiff, and if not, whether the contract was afterwards ratified by the defendants with full knowledge of the fact that he had exceeded his…
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