Hodges v. Lyon

Plaintiffs sued J. W. Lyon and three others for $11,000 damages, being the difference between the price for which the heirs of one I. L. Helpman sold certain real estate and the price at which J. W. Lyon, representing himself as their agent, had agreed to sell it to plaintiffs. The trial judge dismissed the suit as showing no cause of action.

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The alleged cause of action against J. W. Lyon is that he had “no authority from the other heirs, and thereby became personally liable”; but the record fails to disclose that J. W. Lyon was cited or appeared in any way in the suit, and as to him there…