Shotwell v. M'Kown
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Shotwell v. M'Kown, 5 N.J.L. 828 (N.J. 1820)
Kirkpatrick
Shotwell v. M'Kown
Opinion of the Court
This action is brought upon a promissory note, purporting to be given by the Patent Cloth Manufacturing Company to William Frazee, for $113.01, dated July 30,1816, and payable, in three months, at their manufactory, signed, “ William Shotwett, agent,”
Shotwell is not answerable, in his individual capacity, for this money; the agent is not answerable for the principal. The assignee must look to the company.
Judgment reversed.
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- Shotwell against M'Kown
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