Poole v. Johns-Manville Products Corp.

This case is before us on appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Amite County sustaining a demurrer to plaintiff’s declaration.

Plaintiff in his declaration alleged that one John W. Thompson, agent of the defendant, with authority to make and enter into contracts for cutting and purchasing pulpwood for the defendant, and acting within the scope of his . authority, approached the plaintiff in the Town of Crosby, Mississippi, on or about March 1, 1948, for the purpose of inducing him to enter into a contract with the defendant for the cutting and hauling of pulpwood to the railroad and…