R. P. Smith Sons & Co. v. Raines Dry Goods Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from Blaine, Oounty Court; George W. Ferguson, Judge. Action by E. P. Smith Sons & Co. against the Eaines Dry Goods Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
The only question which is involved in this appeal is one of agency. The defendant was engaged in business at Bush Springs, Okla. The ’ plaintiff was a corporation located in Chicago. The defendant tried to effect a composition with creditors. They called a meeting. At this meeting certain lawyers appeared and purported to represent .the plaintiff and agreed to the settlement. By the settlement the defendant’s stock of merchandise was delivered to a trustee, and the creditors agreed to accept it in discharge of their claims. Some time after-wards the plaintiff sued the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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