Stevens-Davis Co. v. Liberty Industrial Life Ins. Co.

Plaintiff sued defendant for the sum of $319.50, the balance due on an alleged contract entered into between plaintiff and defendant. Defendant denied liability, and specially pleaded want of authority of its officer to sign the contract. There was judgment in favor of the plaintiff as prayed for, and the defendant has appealed.

The record shows that H. M. Roberts, a representative of plaintiff, during the month of July, 1926, called upon S. W. Green, president of the Liberty Industrial Life Insurance Company, with the view of obtaining a contract for the purchase of 52 weekly installments of…