Nagle v. McNorton

Mississippi Supreme Court
Nagle v. McNorton, 65 Miss. 197 (Miss. 1887)
Cooper

Nagle v. McNorton

Opinion of the Court

Cooper, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Wo think the contract between the parties was not such as to make the appellee the agent of appellant, nor to entitle him to recover for services rendered in selling machinery.

The right of the appellee is to recover for breach of the several contracts made by him in the names of the purchasers with the appellee, and which were broken by him to the injury of appellee. By virtue of the contracts of purchase, appellee would have received from the parties to whom the articles were to be delivered certain sums of money, and his right to demand such sums from them has been destroyed by the act of appellant in refusing to execute the contracts. For such injury the appellee may recover damages ; but he cannot recover on the common counts, because his right springs from these special contracts.

The judgment is reversed and cause remanded.

Reference

Full Case Name
T. M. Nagle v. W. R. McNorton
Status
Published
Syllabus
Contract. Action for services rendered. Agency. Case in Judgment. N., a manufacturer agreed with M., to supply him with machinery at 30 per cent, discount from catalogue prices. M., in the course of business, would sell such machinery, seven-tenths of the purchase price payable to N., and three-tenths to himself, and N. would ship the machinery direct to the purchasers. Subsequently N. refused to ship a machine on such arrangement, and M. thereupon brought an action framed in the common counts for services rendered and work and labor performed in selling such machine. Held, that such action is not maintainable, M. not being the agent of N., his remedy is for breach of the special contract made by him with N. for the purchase of the machinery.