Case Name: Distillers Agents, Inc., Respondent, v. Benjamin Pershan, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1933-02-01
Citations: 146 Misc. 378
Docket Number: 
Parties: Distillers Agents, Inc., Respondent, v. Benjamin Pershan, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 146
Pages: 378–379

Head Matter:
Distillers Agents, Inc., Respondent, v. Benjamin Pershan, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
February 1, 1933.
Max J. Pershan, for the appellant.
Alfred Feingold, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The trial court erred in admitting into evidence the carrier's receipt for the goods, signed by one purporting to be the defendant's agent, without proof as to his identity and his authority to represent the defendant. (Gieger v. Levin, 110 N. Y. Supp. 203.) Moreover, the permittee's report filed in the Bureau of Industrial Alcohol was inadmissible without proof that the signature thereon was the defendant's.
Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with thirty dollars costs to appellant to abide the event.
All concur; present, Levy, Callahan and Untermyer, JJ.