Treadwell v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assujipsit for wool sold and delivered ; appealed .from tbe judgment of a justice of tbe peace to tbe Court of Common Pleas, and tried on the general issue closed to tbe court, before Brewster, J. The following Jácts were found by tbe court: The plaintiff was- a fanner, and resided at New Fairfield, in Fairfield county; the defendant was engaged in the hat and wool business, and in buying and selling wool on commission, in New Milford, in Litchfield county, and there…
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Assujipsit for wool sold and delivered ; appealed .from tbe judgment of a justice of tbe peace to tbe Court of Common Pleas, and tried on the general issue closed to tbe court, before Brewster, J. The following Jácts were found by tbe court: The plaintiff was- a fanner, and resided at New Fairfield, in Fairfield county; the defendant was engaged in the hat and wool business, and in buying and selling wool on commission, in New Milford, in Litchfield county, and there resided. Shortly before the 5th of July, 1865, the defendant authorized Charles Osborne, as his agent, to purchase for him the…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
That the defendant, on or about the 5th day of July, 1865, constituted Osborne his agent to purchase the wool in question, cannot be denied. It is equally clear that he was a special and not a general agent. ‘ Whether the agency continued until the 19th day of July, when the wool was purchased, and, if it did not, whether the plaintiff was bound to take notice of its limited and qualified nature, are questions which do not necessarily arise in the case. Those questions might have been important, had the defendant immediately, or within a reasonable time after the wool came into his…
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