Raymond v. Mann
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. A. P. McCormick. Raymond & Whitis brought suit in the Galveston District Court, 13th February, 1872, against B. L. Mann and H. F. Hall, of Hew Orleans, Louisiana, and Thomas Caden, of the city of Galveston, alleged to be partners under the firm name B. L. Mann & Co., and alleged that defendants had their principal office in Galveston; that on October 11,1871, B. L. Mann & Co. had duly authorized one J. Hutchinson, as agent,…
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. A. P. McCormick. Raymond & Whitis brought suit in the Galveston District Court, 13th February, 1872, against B. L. Mann and H. F. Hall, of Hew Orleans, Louisiana, and Thomas Caden, of the city of Galveston, alleged to be partners under the firm name B. L. Mann & Co., and alleged that defendants had their principal office in Galveston; that on October 11,1871, B. L. Mann & Co. had duly authorized one J. Hutchinson, as agent, to purchase hides for them in the city of Austin, Texas, and to draw drafts in payment therefor upon one D. Holden,…
1Opinion of the Court
Ireland, Associate Justice.
The proof in this case very conclusively shows that Hutchinson was' buying hides in the city of Austin, for Mann & Co; that Caden, the defendant, was a member of the firm of Mann & Co; that Holden,- on whom the draft was drawn, was doing business for Mann & Co; that Hutchinson had been placed at Austin to buy hides to ship to Mann & Co., and that Mann & Co., and especially Caden, had clearly recognized and held Hutchinson out as the agent of Mann & Co; that Hutchinson had been *303in the habit of drawing drafts on Holden, all of which were paid except the one sued on,…
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