Tritsch v. Ayer Tanning Co.

The plaintiff, as undisclosed principal, brings this action of contract for goods sold and delivered, namely, certain sheepskins called shearlings. The defendant denies that there was a sale, but alleges that the arrangement was one whereby the defendant was to tan and sell the sheepskins to a customer previously found and out of the proceeds was to make payments to the plaintiff. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.

The plaintiff’s exceptions to the admission of evidence and to the denial of requests for rulings raise the question whether certain correspondence between one Freedman,…