Kneeland v. Coatsworth
Superior Court of Buffalo
Action by Elisha T. Kneeland and others against William T. Coatsworth,. for material furnished and work done by plaintiffs on an elevator, under contract with defendant. Defendant claims that he was acting only as agent of his mother, Mrs. Electa Coatsworth, who owned the elevator.
1Opinion of the CourtBeckwith, C. J.
The decision of this case has depended upon the determination I should make of the question of fact presented by the evidence,, namely, whether the defendant or the owner of the elev'ator was the person with whom the plaintiffs contracted. The testimony on the part of the plaintiffs is to the effect that on the 9th day of January, 1889, the defendant, being, then, to the knowledge of the plaintiffs, in charge of the Coatsworth elevator,, in this city, came to the plaintiffs, at their place of business, and requested, them to replace some sheathing of corrugated iron that in a high wind had…
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