Legal Opinion
Davis v. Jointless Fire Brick Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1924No. 4228PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It is clear that after the letter of October 15th Davis was recognized by the plaintiff as its agent, and that he continued to act as agent until after December 26, 1923. This relationship was of a fiduciary character, but he deliberately failed' to notify the plaintiff company that he was in fact acting as agent for a company selling a competing product, and *3was selling and delivering such competing product as Plibrico, and was leading purchasers of the competing product to believe that they were dealing with him as agent for the plaintiff. By his conduct,…
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