Jerome H. Sheip, Inc. v. Baer

According to plaintiff’s testimony, the contract sued on was made by plaintiff’s agent, Dill, with J. H. Sheip, the president, and E. F. Johnstone, the general manager, of the defendant corporation, which was engaged in the manufacture of cigar box lumber, for which purpose it bought and resawed one-inch boards.

Defendants’ chief contentions are that the evidence failed to show (1) that either Sheip, the president, or Johnstone, the general manager, had authority from defendant to make the contract in question for it; (2) that plaintiff was ready, able, and willing to make delivery of the…