Burch v. Americus Grocery Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. ' Before G. W. Williams, judge pro hac vice. City court of Dublin. May 2, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The Americus Grocery Company sued.J- B. Burch for a balance alleged to be due on open account. The only item in dispute was one of May 8, 1903, for a certain quantity of tobacco. The defendant contended that this item was purchased by his clerk, Mike Burch, after he had left his emplojunent, and that he neither authorized nor ratified the purchase nor received the tobacco. On the other hand, the plaintiff insisted that Mike Burch was the general agent of the defendant in the management of his store, and as such, on .previous occasions, had ordered goods of plaintiff on defendant’s' account,…
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