Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1875

Chipman v. Foster

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided November 27, 1875 · Gray

119 Mass. 189; 1875 Mass. LEXIS 112

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Devonshire Financial Service Corp. v. Burns (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1952)
Stern v. Lieberman (Mass. 1940)
Miller v. Roach (Mass. 1889)

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Opinion of the Court

Gray, C. J.

Each of these drafts; upon its face, purports to be issued by the New England agency of the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company, and shows that Foster & Cole are the general agents of that corporation for the New England States, as well as that the draft is drawn in payment of a claim against the corporation. It thus appears that Foster & Cole, in drawing it, *191acted only as agents of the corporation, as clearly as if they had repeated words expressing their agency after their signature; and they cannot be held personally liable as drawers thereof. Carpenter v. Farnsworth, 106 Mass. 561, and cases cited.

Judgment for the defendants.

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