Chicago, Cincinnati, & Louisville Railroad v. West

The appellee sued the appellant, alleging in his complaint, that the railroad company, through E. H. Learning, its duly authorized agent, authorized and directed the plaintiff to furnish and deliver, on the credit of the defendant, to Maurice Quinn, a sub-contractor on the road of said company, who was engaged in the construction of the road-bed thereof, in the county of Miami, such groceries and supplies as might be needed for boarding and furnishing the laborers employed by said Quinn as such sub-contractor; that in pursuance of the authority and instructions so given by said Learning,…