American Mining & Smelting Co. v. Converse

This was an action to recover a balance alleged to be due for cash advanced by the plaintiff to the defendants. The defendants were trustees under a deed of a mine, and lived in Boston. The money was advanced in Colo- . rada to one Armitage, the manager of the mine. The contest is on the authority of the manager to make the defendants liable, and the case is here on exceptions, especially to a refusal to direct a verdict for the defendants. On the testimony the case presented two aspects. ' One, it almost might be called the more obvious, was that the transactions were not loans in a proper…