Allen Gravel Co. v. Nix
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court of Tishomingo county. I-Ion. C. P. Long, Judge. Action by A. N. Nix against the Allen Gravel Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from circuit court of Tishomingo county. I-Ion. C. P. Long, Judge. Action by A. N. Nix against the Allen Gravel Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. It is fundamental in the law of principal and agent that “the power of every agent to bind bis principal rests upon the authority conferred upon him by the principal. . . . Every person therefore who undertakes to deal with an alleged agent is put upon inquiry, and must discover at his peril that such pretended agent has authority, that it is in its nature and extent sufficient to permit him to do the proposed act,…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
Appellee, A. N. Nix, sued appellant, Allen Gravel Company, in the circuit court of Tishomingo county for damages for an alleged breach of a contract of employment of him by appellant, and recovered judgment in the sum of three hundred dollars, from which appellant prosecutes this appeal.
During the year 1919 appellant, a corporation, was engaged in Tishomingo county in mining gravel. G. W. *812Foshee ivas vice president and general manager of the business of the company. He had general management, and control of its gravel mines in Tishomingo comity, employing and discharging labor used in…
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