Case Name: Dwight G. Holland and Jane E. Derby vs. Oliver Stewart
Court: Saginaw County Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1870
Citations: 2 Mich. N.P. R. 39
Docket Number: 
Parties: Dwight G. Holland and Jane E. Derby vs. Oliver Stewart.
Judges: 
Reporter: The Michigan Nisi Prius Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 39–39

Head Matter:
Dwight G. Holland and Jane E. Derby vs. Oliver Stewart.
II. Joslin, for Plaintiffs.
Wm. A. Lewis, for Defendant.

Opinion:
By the Court,
Sutherland, J.
The defendant purchased lime of the plaintiffs, assuming to be the agent of one Tlios. K. Mosher. The plaintiffs on his representation charged the lime to Mosher, but on his denying the agency of the defendant, plaintiffs communicated the lact to defendant, and he promised to pay for the lime. Defendant was not authorized to purchase the lime on the credit of Mosher.
The defendant is himself liable. Not having authority to bind the person in whose name he assumed to act, he is liable himself as principal. 19 John, 63, 558; 33 Id., 58, 307; 1 Cow., 536; 7 Cow., 454.
Judgment for plaintiffs.