Bernstein v. Schwartz

Citations

• 108 Wash. 271
• 183 P. 105
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 855

Syllabus

<p>Principal and Agent (6)—Evidence of Agency—Admissibility. Where there was no proof that an agent had made a contract to buy certain junk, or had authority to do so, it is not error to exclude evidence of agency generally.</p> <p>Same (39)—Evidence as to Authority'—Admissibility. Upon an issue as to an agent’s authority to buy junk for defendant, a special agency to make contracts with another particular person is immaterial.</p> <p>Same (37)-—Powers—Collecting Agent—Power to Modify. A collecting agent presumptively has no authority to rescind a contract, and where he was advised by wire not to do so, the jury is properly instructed that, as a matter of law, he had no power to modify the contract.</p>