Mississippi Supreme Court, 1916

Hopkins v. Buckley, Terry & Co.

Hopkins v. Buckley, Terry & Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided March 15, 1916 · Smith
111 Miss. 621; 71 So. 877

Hopkins v. Buckley, Terry & Co.

Opinion of the Court

Smith, C. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

(After stating the facts as above). Authority to pur■chase goods on the credit of appellant was not within the apparent scope of the authority conferred by him upon Fisher, which was simply to sell the stock of goods and account to him for the proceeds thereof. Wheeler v. McGuire, 86 Ala. 398, 5 So. 190, 2 L. R. A. 808.

Reversed, and judgment here for appellant.

Reversed.

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