Legal Opinion

Jones v. Milton & Rushville Turnpike Co.

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 7, 1856PublishedCited by 14 opinions

APPEAL from the Wayne Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtPerkins, J.

Suit to recover instalments of stock subscribed to a turnpike company. The making of the subscription was denied under oath.

*548We think the evidence adduced on the trial authorized the jury to find that the subscription had been made. A subscription made by an agent, though beyond his given powers, if ratified by his principal, -will bind the latter, -^11 a^empl was made to set up parol conditions upon which the stock was subscribed. This was not allowable, except in a case of fraud. Ferris v. Ludlow, ante, p. 517.— Railsback v. The Liberty and Abington Turnpike Company, 2 Lid. R. 656.

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2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Callanan v. JuddWisconsin Supreme Court · 1868
  2. Cressy v. Shannon Continental Corp.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1978
  3. Jones v. Concord & Montreal RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1891
  4. Kuhl v. MeyerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1890
  5. Troy Mining Co. v. WhiteSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1898

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