Lebrecht v. Union Indemnity Co.

The essential facts necessary for the determination of this case are substantially as follows: Respondent, L. G. Lebrecht, had been engaged in the potato business at Kansas City for many years. During the year of 1930 Yern W. Hise, of Idaho Falls, acted as his agent in Idaho for the purpose of buying potatoes. Frank J. Fowler and J. T. Stanger were a copartnership, doing business in the vicinity of Jerome, Idaho, under the firm name and style of Fowler & Stanger, hereafter designated as brokers. During the potato season of 1930, respondent purchased from said brokers fifty-five carloads of…