Famous Knitwear Corporation v. Drug Fair, Inc., Famous Knitwear Corporation v. Drug Fair, Inc.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

In the course of urging reversal of the judgment below, appellant Drug Fair insists that the district judge’s decision is “freely reviewable,” i. e., that we need only disagree and need not be convinced that the decision is “clearly erroneous” in order to reverse. More succinctly, Drug Fair insists that the “findings” below are without the protection of Fed.R.Civ.P. 52(a). We disagree and affirm.

I

The central issue is whether it was reasonable for Aaron Feder, Famous Knitwear’s agent, to rely upon the manifestations of apparent authority made by Drug Fair as to Bert…