Brown-Roberts Hardware & Supply Co. v. Mounger

The issues and the facts involved in this case are fully set forth in a written opinion by the district judge, which we find correct and which we adopt, as follows:

“Dr. Curry Cappel, being in need of a gasoline engine to operate a syrup mill, obtained the permission of Y. A. Mounger, the defendant, to buy one on his account from the plaintiff, Brown-Roberts Hardware & Supply Company, Limited. He, the said Cappel, in company with C. A. O’Brien, his overseer, accordingly went to plaintiff’s place in Alexandria and made known his want to the salesman in charge of the mill and supply department,…