Barnes v. Eastern & Western Lumber Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• in the context of jurisdiction of a court of equity, explaining that “the complaint in this case conferred jurisdiction upon the equity court, provided nothing was included in it which indicated a lack of jurisdiction”
• defendants who jointly receive money are jointly and severally liable
• “[A] principal, who commits to an agent a duty, in the performance of which the agent will be required to make representations, is liable for misrepresentations made by him in the discharge of the duty which he employed in his efforts to serve his principal.”
• “[A] principal, who commits to an agent a duty, in the performance of which the agent will be required to make representations, is liable for misrepresentations made by [the agent] in the discharge of the duty which he employed in his efforts to serve his principal.”
• “[A] principal, who commits to an agent a duty, in the performance of which the agent will be required to make representations, is liable for misrepresentations made by [the agent] in the discharge of the duty which he employed in his efforts to serve his principal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).