Case Name: SULLIVAN et al. Respondents, v. BALDWIN, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1901-06
Citations: 72 N.Y.S. 1131
Docket Number: 
Parties: SULLIVAN et al. Respondents, v. BALDWIN, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 72
Pages: 1131–1131

Head Matter:
SULLIVAN et al. Respondents, v. BALDWIN, Appellant.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Term.
June, 1901.)
Action by John Sullivan and others against (Truman H. Baldwin.
H. C. Spun-, for appellant.. W. K. Griffin, for respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This judgment must be reversed. The order for the awning, the price whereof the suit is brought, was given by a Mr. Ratcliff. There is an absence of evidence that Mr. Ratcliff was authorized by the league or any of its officials to make the purchase, and because of that the judgment must be reversed. Where a recovery is sought under the action of an agent of the defendant, there must be some proof of authority to bind his alleged - principal. Judgment reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to abide event.