McCabe v. Williams

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

This is a suit purporting to be brought against McCabe as an undisclosed principal by one who dealt with Knox, thought to be the principal, but who, it is contended, was the agent of the undisclosed principal.

The matter is complicated by some unusual features which must receive brief attention. Both McCabe and Knox denied that any relationship of principal and agent existed, and both contended that the chickens in controversy were the property of Knox and not of McCabe. Walston testified, however, that both Knox and McCabe had, in a conversation…