Case Name: William Becket, as Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. S. S. Hepworth Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1908-12
Citations: 129 A.D. 914
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Becket, as Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. S. S. Hepworth Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 129
Pages: 914–915

Head Matter:
William Becket, as Administrator, etc., Respondent, v. S. S. Hepworth Company, Appellant.
Principal and agent —purchase of machinery — secret commission.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, rendered on the 9th day of April, 1908.

Opinion:
Judgment of the Municipal Court reversed and new trial ordered, costs to abide the event, on the ground that the proof indicates that the purchaser was the agent. Woodward, Jenks, Rich and Miller, JJ., concurred; Hooker, J., read for affirmance.