Lee v. Peoples Cooperative Sales Agency, Inc.

Hilton, Justice.

October 26, 1935, plaintiff sold 12 head of livestock to one Max Seerup for $429.92. To pay for the cattle, Seerup drew a draft on the defendant’s account at the Drovers Exchange State Bank of South St. Paul, Minnesota, and tendered it to the plaintiff. When the draft was presented to the defendant by the bank, it refused payment. This action ivas brought to recover the reasonable value of the cattle, plaintiff claiming that Seerup acted as the agent of the defendant in making the purchase.

It appears that Seerup had been a cattle buyer and trader for several years. Defendant…