Case Name: Richard Davis v. Adam Robb
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1824-04
Citations: 2 Cranch 458
Docket Number: 
Parties: Richard Davis v. Adam Robb.
Judges: (Thruston, J., contrd,)
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 458–458

Head Matter:
Richard Davis v. Adam Robb.
If the agency be special, the plaintiff must show the transaction to be within the scope of the agency.
The declarations of the agent in support of his authority, will not ho received in evidence, unless cotemporaneous with, and constituting part of, the res gestee.
Assumpsit on a promissory note signed “ Adam Robb by John N. Robb.”
To prove the agency of John N. Robb, the plaintiff produced evidence that John N. Robb carried on a tan-yard for his father, the defendant, who had confessed judgment on a note signed as the present note is signed, and given for articles furnished to the tan-yard.
The Court (Thruston, J., doubting,) refused to permit the note to be given in evidence, unless the plaintiff could show that it was given in relation to the business of the tan-yard.
Mr. Redin, for the plaintiff,
then offered to give in evidence to the jury the declarations of the said John N. Robb, made after the transaction, to show that the goods for which the note was given, were furnished by the plaintiff for the tan-yard.

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J., contrd,)
refused to permit them to be given in evidence, unless they were cotemporaneous with the giving of the note, and part of the res gestas.
Verdict for the plaintiff.